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Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by mseebach on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:16AM (#7068930)
If squatters could be consistently relied on to leave when the building was going to be used, nobody would have a problem with them.
Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by runarberg on Thursday January 16, 2014 @08:07AM (#7069137)
Again, squatting is not the issue, but human decency. If the owner would give her/his consent, it would be really hard for a squatter (given that she/he has human decency) to oppose eviction, given a good reason for why she/he has to leave.
Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by mseebach on Thursday January 16, 2014 @08:40AM (#7069284)
But when consent wasn't given in the first place, the duty to leave when given a good reason vanishes?

It's some pretty curious moral arithmetic you've got going on there.

Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by runarberg on Thursday January 16, 2014 @09:14AM (#7069449)
I don't know. Threre are numerous examples of a consent being given after squatters move in. In most cases the owner has nothing to loose, so a consent makes perfect sense if you want to keep good comunication with those who are using your property.
Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by mseebach on Thursday January 16, 2014 @09:37AM (#7069578)
And there are numerous examples of squatters who don't leave when given a good reason. Squatters who have the consent of the landlord aren't really squatters in any meaningful sense.
Re:In London 'Guardians' live in empty office buildings by misnome on Thursday January 16, 2014 @07:36AM (#7069010)
And relied on not to trash the place.