re: #40 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

YIKES! Pretty telling that the rival Christian gangs have to entrust the main key to a local Muslim family. That should go a step further. The Israeli government should take it over, evict the current squabblers, and declare it an international cultural monument (which it is, after all). They could then auction off an exclusive 20 year management and access concession to the highest bidder; subject to certain conditions of course. True, Kenneth Copeland or some other high dollar pulpit pimp might win, but it wouldn’t be any more of a circus than it has been for centuries and we could at least count on him to fix the roof and put in a fire exit.

Isn’t the Holy Sepulchre the church that has had an old wooden ladder stuck on a ledge for like 150 years or more, because none of the various sects who have (even-longer) established rights there have ever decided who has the authority to remove it?
Doesn’t bode well for the spirit of ecumenical cooperation….
Though I agree that having the Israelis take over might not be the best idea.