Montsegur in danger!

[Rincewind]

Hi everyone, I would like to draw your attention to what is now happening in Montsegur. The local authorities (namely Gérald Sgobbo and Robert Finance) are launching a project to turn the castle area into "a themepark", which involves floodlighting the pog, constructing a security barrier that would restrict access to the area during daytime and completely prevent it at night, the use of CCTVs and civilian vigilante groups in order to "prevent a second Bugarach", and some other equally nasty measures. This project would have adverse consequences for the area's historical heritage, ecology (a number of endangered species, like the Pyrenean Long Eared Bat and the Pyrenean Giant Toad, would be threatened), and esoteric background (there was reported paranormal activity and otherworldy sightings in the area, related to the local folklore and the castle's history of Catharism and the Grail).

https://www.facebook.com/Save-Montsegur-Sauvons-Monts%C3%A9gur-SaIvam-Montsegur-1709324162657386

Unfortunately this is now only in French news; I think this should be carried on to English-language media. A couple of petitons have been launched to stop the project:

https://www.change.org/p/http-www-cc-paysdepamiers-fr-the-sacred-mountain-of-montsegur
https://www.change.org/p/gérald-sgobbo-évitons-la-défiguration-de-montségur-defugiguem-la-denaturacion-de-montsegur

I personally believe that we need to prevent it from happening.

 

[Rincewind]

The correct link is: https://www.change.org/p/g%C3%A9rald-sgobbo-%C3%A9vitons-la-d%C3%A9figuration-de-monts%C3%A9gur-defugiguem-la-denaturacion-de-montsegur

 

[Pierre]

Hi everyone, I would like to draw your attention to what is now happening in Montsegur. The local authorities (namely Gérald Sgobbo and Robert Finance) are launching a project to turn the castle area into "a themepark", which involves floodlighting the pog, constructing a security barrier that would restrict access to the area during daytime and completely prevent it at night, the use of CCTVs and civilian vigilante groups in order to "prevent a second Bugarach", and some other equally nasty measures. This project would have adverse consequences for the area's historical heritage, ecology (a number of endangered species, like the Pyrenean Long Eared Bat and the Pyrenean Giant Toad, would be threatened), and esoteric background (there was reported paranormal activity and otherworldy sightings in the area, related to the local folklore and the castle's history of Catharism and the Grail).

https://www.facebook.com/Save-Montsegur-Sauvons-Monts%C3%A9gur-SaIvam-Montsegur-1709324162657386

Unfortunately this is now only in French news; I think this should be carried on to English-language media. A couple of petitons have been launched to stop the project:

https://www.change.org/p/http-www-cc-paysdepamiers-fr-the-sacred-mountain-of-montsegur
https://www.change.org/p/gérald-sgobbo-évitons-la-défiguration-de-montségur-defugiguem-la-denaturacion-de-montsegur

I personally believe that we need to prevent it from happening.

Montségur is a memorial standing for the resistance, the non violence and the extermination of the Cathars.

The transformation into a ridiculous Pyrenean Lunapark would be an extra insult to this ancestral religion and would erase what little is left from a systemic genocide and cultural cleansing.

This reminds me of the 'Cathar' monument erected along the highway. Francis Cabrel, a singer from Southwestern France described it in those terms:

The Cathar knights cry softly
on the side of the highway
When the night falls
Like one last insult
Like one last torment
Amidst the tumult
Dressed with cement
The smoke of the cars
The rocks thrown by children
Their eyes on the torture fields
And the trash cans in front
It must be someone North of the Loire
Who drew the plans
He forgot on the robe
The stains of blood
They were carved in the stone
That broke their bodies
Their faces in the dust
Of their ancient treasure
the big light board
Tells of their death too
The Cathar knights
Still think of it
No matter the thoughts of those who decide
Of the past and the present
They only have seven centuries of History
They are still alive
I still hear the clash of weapons
And I still often see
Flames creeping up the walls
And giant mass graves
The Cathar knights cry softly
on the side of the highway
When the night falls
Like one last insult
Like one last torment
Amidst the tumult
Dressed in cement

 

[Maat]

My god. There is really no more respect anywhere.

Thanks for the info.

I signed of course.