The Battle for Mt Ainslie – Take 2

Its okay, they intend to make it a strange highlight of Canberra’s social calendar.
They hope to come back every year.

Damn, I spend one weekend out of Canberra and I miss out of fundies bringing down satanic bridges.

Canberra Times article scan (yes, I’m direct linking to CTFM, but the CT didn’t put anything online)

Catch The Fire have posted their own version of events
Strangely they intend to “storm heaven” in time for the Federal election, which might not be the wisest choice of words.

troll-sniffer said :

…were exhibiting the behaviours through no fault of their own?

The only difference is the mob on Mt Ainslie, should, by current scientific thinking, be capable of knowing better.

There’s a pretty big difference between being afflicted with a mental illness and choosing to be stupid and ignorant…although true, it does result in similar behaviour

Dammit, I had every intenton of going and I slept through it. Danny must have cast a spell. Oh well, there will be other protests…….

Only two posts. Seems like the readership here is smarter than we have thus far given credit for. After all if you saw a bunch of obviouly unwell patients standing outside a certain ward at the hospital, making no sense and calling on unseen powers to smite those who refused to join their special ward, would you bother to comment, knowing that they were exhibiting the behaviours through no fault of their own?

The only difference is the mob on Mt Ainslie, should, by current scientific thinking, be capable of knowing better.

More shots here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/image.splat/MtAinsliePrayerAssault#

Some people have too much time on their hands..