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Dave DC

Well, it would be nice to celebrate those that first created salves and other soothing balms but I don't think that is what is going on.

I continue to suggest people read what the Council actually said not the Daily Mail's rant about what it implies. Anyone actually believing the Daily Mail's take on anything needs serious therapy. Or is not just credulous but dangerously gullible.

This seems more balanced from Sky News in June 2021

Glasgow's review into statues and place names was already under way before the controversy began last year. (this refers to Colston's statue, which is now to be found in L Shed in Bristol - Mapletree)

Members of the public there will be consulted on the future of statues in their city, such as 19th century military leader Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, who is accused of helping to set up concentration camps, and Sir John Moore, who participated in both the Royal African and East India Companies.

I think you are adding 2 and 2 and making the answer 10!

Commissioning a report on any matter that might need to be addressed in the future doesn't mean that any decisions have been taken, or that any particular decision is more likely than any other. It simply means that those who might need to take the decisions know the grounds on which they must be taken. Surely it's better that they act on real knowledge than make assumptions?

This is just the kind of thing that the gutter press do. Whip up emotions by publishing half-truths, blended with innuendos.

This distracts from the real issue. Which is how to square the circle of accepting that the behaviour of our forebears didn't always match the moralities we now hold, whilst honouring the fact that it is our history?

It seems to me that there are ways to do that, which can be discussed without getting emotional, and will likely satisfy everyone.

It isn’t an assumption that Glasgow City Council is facing a £20,000,000 shortfall in it’s budget and has far more urgent social problems to address.

I think you are adding 2 and 2 and making the answer 10!

Commissioning a report on any matter that might need to be addressed in the future doesn't mean that any decisions have been taken, or that any particular decision is more likely than any other. It simply means that those who might need to take the decisions know the grounds on which they must be taken. Surely it's better that they act on real knowledge than make assumptions?

This is just the kind of thing that the gutter press do. Whip up emotions by publishing half-truths, blended with innuendos.

This distracts from the real issue. Which is how to square the circle of accepting that the behaviour of our forebears didn't always match the moralities we now hold, whilst honouring the fact that it is our history?

It seems to me that there are ways to do that, which can be discussed without getting emotional, and will likely satisfy everyone.