In 2011 I'll post a YouTube video entitled: "What I did that led to Hastings Pier Fire".
You'll be able to find it by searching on that phrase.
If anyone else sees how what they did led to the 5th October fire, feel free to post on YouTube.
If you don't want to go public with it, why not ask for the communication to be managed privately by mediators who work in Criminal Justice and related fields:
http://peoplesjustice.org.uk
And if you are suspicious of the circumstances around the fire, here's some company:
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What are you waiting for?
Some Hastings Residents now think that the Pier Trust is not for them to support yet.
What are you/they waiting for?
Back in October, the Sunday after the fire, I interviewed the first passer-by for her reaction.
I found that she said she was going to begin supporting the Pier Trust.
If she has, great.
If not, wouldn't you wonder 'why not?'; what has impacted since October that means a change of plan?
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What are you/they waiting for?
- Waiting for an end to rumours about the fire being 'an insurance job'?
- Waiting for clarity about who is paying for the post-fire demolition work on the pier platform?
- Waiting for the end of the winter storms & more structural reports?
- Waiting for the completion of the competition for the design of the new pier?
- Waiting for lottery funding to the tune of £11million?
- Waiting for the completion of the compulsory purchase order?
- Waiting for Godot to appear at The White Rock Theatre?
Back in October, the Sunday after the fire, I interviewed the first passer-by for her reaction.
I found that she said she was going to begin supporting the Pier Trust.
If she has, great.
If not, wouldn't you wonder 'why not?'; what has impacted since October that means a change of plan?
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Taking responsibility?
A theme that will be developed on this blog in 2011 is the taking of responsibility.
Mutual understanding of what other chains of actions led to the event eg Hastings Pier Fire about which someone feels sad and hurt is something this. What acts by you or others, things you did, or things you didn't do, made the fire of 5th October 2010 more likely?
For what are you willing to take responsibility?
I wrote on http://twitter.com/paulcrosland (29th November 2010) that when the truth comes out about #hastingspier fire on http://peoplesjustice.org.uk, perhaps you will also say "I'm Spartacus!" & you'll value, as I do, the opportunity to take some responsibility in this town we love:
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Mutual understanding of what other chains of actions led to the event eg Hastings Pier Fire about which someone feels sad and hurt is something this. What acts by you or others, things you did, or things you didn't do, made the fire of 5th October 2010 more likely?
For what are you willing to take responsibility?
I wrote on http://twitter.com/paulcrosland (29th November 2010) that when the truth comes out about #hastingspier fire on http://peoplesjustice.org.uk, perhaps you will also say "I'm Spartacus!" & you'll value, as I do, the opportunity to take some responsibility in this town we love:
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Why Move to Hastings?
How's your inter-generational communication?
Below is an example of how some understanding was built between two people of different generations who've never met and yet who have impacted on each other's lives.
First there was the 5th October 2010 Hastings Pier Fire. Then there was their communication about how they were affected. If you were affected too:
How would you respond to someone making fun of your sadness and tears? The Level 1 response might well be frustration, rage, hatred and/or withdrawl/depression? The response that might come beyond that (Level 2) might be a wish to have yourself understood. Is it likely that you will get that understanding from them?
One way that is more likely to get that understanding is the Level 3 response - by seeking to understand first
what is going on for the other.
Getting to Level 3 - Mutual understanding - enables many possible Level 4 outcomes; commitments to make things better in the future. For example, you may want to live in example, a safer society and to create a more "caring and sharing Hastings" etc.
By learning about what lay behind people's actions you get the opportunity to create whatever you care about that depends on the behaviour of all involved. Level 5 goes beyond making commitments; it tests those commitments over time, bringing the people who made them back together to check out that the plans are working for people and creating what they wanted to create. Sometimes adjustments are necessary to the strategies we have been following; others can help us get real in how we make our dreams of what we want where we live come true.
To seek to understand what motivated an action is not to deny or excuse anyone their responsibility for what happened.
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First there was the 5th October 2010 Hastings Pier Fire. Then there was their communication about how they were affected. If you were affected too:
- How have you been communicating about it?
- What's happened as a result of your communication?
How would you respond to someone making fun of your sadness and tears? The Level 1 response might well be frustration, rage, hatred and/or withdrawl/depression? The response that might come beyond that (Level 2) might be a wish to have yourself understood. Is it likely that you will get that understanding from them?
One way that is more likely to get that understanding is the Level 3 response - by seeking to understand first
what is going on for the other.
Getting to Level 3 - Mutual understanding - enables many possible Level 4 outcomes; commitments to make things better in the future. For example, you may want to live in example, a safer society and to create a more "caring and sharing Hastings" etc.
By learning about what lay behind people's actions you get the opportunity to create whatever you care about that depends on the behaviour of all involved. Level 5 goes beyond making commitments; it tests those commitments over time, bringing the people who made them back together to check out that the plans are working for people and creating what they wanted to create. Sometimes adjustments are necessary to the strategies we have been following; others can help us get real in how we make our dreams of what we want where we live come true.
To seek to understand what motivated an action is not to deny or excuse anyone their responsibility for what happened.
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Mediation Support at Southwater Community Centre
Action for Happiness -A Good Week
Paul C -AKA Lend-It-All Man
Why Move to Hastings?
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