Climb the Cathedral.

Peter Fransiscus

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #1

Nuevo atentado contra la Catedral: un varón trepa por los ‘Vintecatro’ de la Puerta Santa

Tanto la alcaldesa como el arzobispo condenaron los hechos

www.elcorreogallego.es

 

henrythedog

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #2

Disrespectful and utterly stupid.

 

VNwalking

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #3

Unbelievable. Really Unbelievable.

Not just the ignorance but the fact that they obviously weren't thinking of anything except their own selfish gratification.

 

MichaelB10398

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• Jul 4, 2023

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When societal norms are being ignored on multiple levels, we should expect that almost everything that builds a civil society be cast off in favor of the wants and desires of the individual. Respect for the community is a foreign concept.

 

ricardo.ha77

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #5

This is to totally disrespectful behaviour. Absolutely terrible. But, is this kind of behaviour expected to happen?
I think that, while the Camino is promoted as a 'cheap touristic' destination (and this is what I see at least in TVE), apart from pilgrims and/or hikers, it will bring tourists as well, and some of them, not of the best kind.
It's not my intention to be polemic with this comment, it is just my opinion after seeing and talking to some hospitaleros about how the atmosphere is changing along years.

 

Last edited: Jul 8, 2023

Pathfinder075

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #6

Some people see fit to climb everything. But his clothes don't strike me as pilgrim attire. More likely a tourist, maybe a local, definitely a climber.

I thought there was almost permanent police at the Cathedral now. Was he climbing somewhere they don't patrol?

 

lt56ny

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• Jul 4, 2023

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Pathfinder075 said:

But his clothes don't strike me as pilgrim attire.

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I have watched the video and I do not think anyone can determine based on his clothes if he is a pilgrim or not. I have seen moronic behavior by pilgrims over my many caminos. Being a pilgrim definitely does not exclude you of behaving like an ass. All one has to turn for proof is the pathetic and wanton graffiti strewn all across the camino or the gross napkins and toilet paper that is left behind thousands of bushes because "pilgrims" are too lazy or selfish to carry out their gross trash. One way or another what this moron did should have been reported and he should have been punished to the fullest extent of the law. The story does not state if the police were called as this idiot was climbing the wall. Hopefully when the next person does something destructive and/or disrespectful they will be caught and dealt with.

 

lovelyshell

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• Jul 4, 2023

• #8

Reminds me of that recent story of the guy caught on video carving his girlfriends name into the wall of the Coliseum. Dumb.