Beneath the street, the wilderness: Occupy and Bear Grylls

What interests me about the Occupy LSX encampment is not that it is outside St Paul’s Cathedral – in reach of sanctuary, as it were – but that it is outside a Blacks adventure store. This branch of Blacks was presumably established to sell adventure gear to City boys and girls off on their thrill-seeking holidays. It struck me that the Occupy camp completely subverts the purpose and meaning of this store, and many others like it.

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