Posted by Guy Stair Sainty
on 5/9/2009, 22:10:25, in reply to "Re: Architects' leader attacks prince "
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Should only electyed officials have the right to speak out on any issues? Are the rest of us to be denied any opportunity to speak out if a government or local authority do something we do not like? Should only architects be allowed to pronounce their opinions on archgitecture?
As it happens the Prince of Wales (Duke of Cornwall) is the tenant (until he becomes King) of one of the largest property owners and real estate developers in the UK. If this does not qualify him to speak on public archicture what would, in your opinion?
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: The controversy over the propriety of the
: PoW's attempts to influence modern planning
: designs is showing no signs of abating!
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: On this issue, the Prince is right to speak
: out. One city that has been badly damaged is
: Bath, where elegant Georgian buildings were
: destroyed and replaced with ugly modern
: structures.
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: I guess the issue is not whether the PoW has
: the right to air his views about such things
: and whether his criticisms are justified or
: not (which they may well be) but whether he
: should be allowed to influence the outcome
: of such decisions when he was not been
: elected by anybody to do so or have the
: necessary qualifications in order to be
: appointed to do so.
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