There was (very recently), a HUGE argument on the Torchwood facebook page over the shrine. One of the Mods of the facebook page, went all out saying that the fans who post stuff are mental and was even going on about how GDL thought they were mental as well. Never before have I been so angry with a moderator of a discussion board. The things he was "quoting" GDL (and other members of the cast) as saying, were taken completely out of context as well as calling him on his arrogant "People who visit the shrine have a serious mental instability problem" b/s.
The way I see it, the shrine is a huge part of the tourism of Cardiff, just like the DW tour and the former Exhibition. The fact that it's a fan-created thing shouldn't detract. Bloody hell, the neighbourhood where Neighbours exteriors are filmed gets bus loads of tourists through there every day, and people do the same thing and no one calls them 'mental' or tells them to 'get over it' or that they should stop.
I just... I don't see the bad in the shrine. It's one of the reasons I'd like to go to Cardiff (aside from the whole 'I'm a huge nerd and want to travel the UK and look at castles thing).
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Date: 2011-04-15 03:22 am (UTC)There was (very recently), a HUGE argument on the Torchwood facebook page over the shrine. One of the Mods of the facebook page, went all out saying that the fans who post stuff are mental and was even going on about how GDL thought they were mental as well. Never before have I been so angry with a moderator of a discussion board. The things he was "quoting" GDL (and other members of the cast) as saying, were taken completely out of context as well as calling him on his arrogant "People who visit the shrine have a serious mental instability problem" b/s.
The way I see it, the shrine is a huge part of the tourism of Cardiff, just like the DW tour and the former Exhibition. The fact that it's a fan-created thing shouldn't detract. Bloody hell, the neighbourhood where Neighbours exteriors are filmed gets bus loads of tourists through there every day, and people do the same thing and no one calls them 'mental' or tells them to 'get over it' or that they should stop.
I just... I don't see the bad in the shrine. It's one of the reasons I'd like to go to Cardiff (aside from the whole 'I'm a huge nerd and want to travel the UK and look at castles thing).