I haven't! I think it is—this was obviously done for publicity purposes rather than because Windrush Square is somehow a great place to exercise. Which clearly it isn't given that there's a whacking great park down the road.
They've now been banned in Westminster. Poor sods.
Not sure how else you can look at it. They're a commercial enterprise who took over a public space for their own profit.
in contravention of applicable bye-laws, i might add.
fewer fatties. alliteration wherever possible.
to what extent do you believe the participants weren't participating in the activity?
yes, they were part of a performance, banned by s.40 of lambeth's park and open spaces bye-laws, of a business touting for trade, banned under s.38 of the council bye-laws.
why not? you can exercise at home, you know, you don't need a load of visual adverts - trip hazards for the visually impaired - lying round the place. do you think people with poor sight or indeed blindness ought to have to contend with exercise performances where they might have a sit and chat or simply rest their guide-dogs' legs?
There are existing regulations for this stuff, to the nth degree. We could just keep to those. That sounds reasonable. I am fairly sure they prohibit just throwing up an advert in public areas whenever you feel like it.
Fatties? What is wrong with fatties! Fatties can be fit too. Fatties of the world unite!
Have you ever been to the fitties by cleethorpes?
no. Its a long way from Brixton.
Who's slagging off fatties?
Oh yes it is
Do you think the concrete pavement would cover the various needs a disabled person may require to exercise? What about walking aids and other adaptations they may need.
Extreme example that:
people exercising on the ground and dumping advertising hoardings around windrush isn't a major health and safety risk for partially sighted or blind people in comparison with e.g. shitty crossings with lights timed for motorists and not pedestrians or e.g. cyclists frequently paying scant attention to red lights and hopping onto pavements for momentary advantage. nonetheless, it is as you point out a health and safety risk, and one which could so simply be avoided by 'we train' not going round the place thinking the bye-laws don't apply to them. btw i haven't said anything about 'how people *should* exercise according to [my]world view'. there are plenty of places in public where blind, deaf, partially sighted and indeed able-bodied people can exercise, e.g. the multi-gym things installed in whittington park (n19) and many other parks across london.
'You can exercise at home you know, you don't need a load of visual adverts'
yes, people should obviously exercise within certain parameters as e.g. excessive exercise can lead to injury.
Good distraction from the point being made [emoji1360]
