OK.
So when you destroy statues of people who died 300 years ago what is the purpose?

What is the logic?

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (07 Jun 2020 9.02pm)

Fair game then at football matches if that's how the police act!!

Somehow I think they won't think twice hitting people at football matches

Well that took a while

Focusing on the specific point of 'Where do we draw the line with erasing the past that offends a few irrational knuckleheads?

It's not erasing the past.

As for your new point above – you'd have to ask them. But to speculate, this particular statue had, from what can be read, already had several attempts at removal by the local community for the reasons well covered in previous posts.

Yet again I don't condone the manner of removal, but I see no issue in the concept of removal of a statue as contentious as this and replacing it with someone with more worth. I'd bet you'd be able to find someone from around the same time who was just as philanthropic but was nowhere near as odious. Or, simply, someone who had done more than just give money to good causes perhaps to mask their own guilt.

People always talk about 'well that's just how it was back then' as if no one at the time actually questioned the practice, in this instance, of slavery – everyone just went along with it because it was 'normal'. This is again, nonsense.

Anyway, back to the point at hand – As mentioned before, it's no different than replacing the celebrated figures on the front of banknotes. Simply persisting with the permanence of a statue 'because it's always been there' irrespective of what it represents is ridiculous. Societies and cultures should and are perfectly within their rights to re-evaluate the figures they choose to celebrate, anytime, anyplace.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Double standards.

Bet this is the first you're hearing about this isn't it.

I'm not going to link to the video but I've seen it.....it isn't for faint hearts.

If you do make the unwise decision to watch it remember how 'privileged' the white boy is.

Edited by Stirlingsays (07 Jun 2020 9.34pm)

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The man had the balls to do what the cowards running the Police don't.

f*** these people.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

How many complained of vandalism when Saddam Hussain’s statue was pulled down, or during the Arab uprising? Pretty similar on the Saddam statue.

COYP