On 25 Oct 2006, at 11:53, Steve Haywood wrote:
> This debate's not too bad, is it? We're disagreeing a lot between us,
> but
> no-one's thrown their toys out of the pram yet. And the standard of
> argument is passable too IMO. A curious fact for me is that if you
> desconstruct the arguments, you find resonances of the great
> Aickman-Rolt
> divide from all those years ago. Perhaps we will always have different
> views
> on the issue of commercialism, perhaps it's irresolvable.
>
I was having similar thoughst myself just this morning - on balance I'm
more with Adrian than yourself re Foxton - business is business, and
you can't expect to be funded to preserve the system in a state of
romantic decay. OTOH, it's vital people speak up for the glorious
differences of architecture and engineering structures, and resist the
conversion of the whole thing to a sterile heritage theme park
> One way or another, if history teaches us anything, it is that we
> achieve
> more when we stand shoulder to shoulder and reflect both points of view
Um, if we stand shoulder to shoulder and face both ways, aren't we
standing back to back?
Best
Bruce
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