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We all would, but pulling down statues doesn't erase history.

I bet most people walking past Colston had no idea who he was.

If pulling down statues doesn't erase history what's wrong with pulling them down?

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He traded slaves did he not?

Colston was the governor of the Royal African Company, a company granted a monopoly by Parliament on the trading of slaves. He himself didn't own or trade slaves. His own business was that of merchant

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But the statues are of slave traders who traded black people, does it matter where they did it?

Colston didn't trade black people. Read your history ffs

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Colston was the governor of the Royal African Company, a company granted a monopoly by Parliament on the trading of slaves. He himself didn't own or trade slaves. His own business was that of merchant

We can all copy and paste from the bbc article :hehe:

Seems to me that he was pretty involved tbh.

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If pulling down statues doesn't erase history what's wrong with pulling them down?

Nothing. But I asked what does it achieve other than making a few citizen Smith types fell ultra woke?

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We can all copy and paste from the bbc article :hehe:

Seems to me that he was pretty involved tbh.

I used to pass Colston Tower every day, and Colston Hall....

His name is quite popular in Bristol so being the individual that I am I read up on him.

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Nothing. But I asked what does it achieve other than making a few citizen Smith types fell ultra woke?

I suppose it makes black people living in the community feel like the country they're living in doesn't glorify slave traders. Which if you "read your history" rather than the bbc website Colston was.

I don't know why you've reduced it to this one specific statue and tried to get him off on a technicality anyway.

The question is what's the point of having the statue up?

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I used to pass Colston Tower every day, and Colston Hall....

His name is quite popular in Bristol so being the individual that I am I read up on him.

And then copy and pasted a line from the bbc news story about him? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-42404825

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http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/...ons/bha096.pdf seems to think he was a slave trader anyway.

But the discussion isn't just about thisone statue anyway.

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http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/...ons/bha096.pdf seems to think he was a slave trader anyway.

But the discussion isn't just about thisone statue anyway.

No its not, and I've still not had an answer to what does pulling down his statue achieve?

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No its not, and I've still not had an answer to what does pulling down his statue achieve?

Haven’t 5 different people answered this?

What’s the point of leaving it up?

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Haven’t 5 different people answered this?

What’s the point of leaving it up?

No point arguing with him, his mind is made up.

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I suppose it makes black people living in the community feel like the country they're living in doesn't glorify slave traders. Which if you "read your history" rather than the bbc website Colston was.

I don't know why you've reduced it to this one specific statue and tried to get him off on a technicality anyway.

The question is what's the point of having the statue up?

Firstly, I'm not getting him off on anything. He wasn't a slave traders but was complicit in the slave trade. But this was the 17th century, the world was quite different then.

Most people wouldn't know who the statue was of, or if they knew who it was, may not know his part in this particular part of history. So I doubt people would object to the statue.

I've asked several times now, but still no answer. What does pulling his statue down achieve?

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Haven’t 5 different people answered this?

What’s the point of leaving it up?

I'm not arguing leaving it up, imasking what will be achieved by pulling it down?

Have we stopped racism as a result? Or are we carrying on as before?

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No point arguing with him, his mind is made up.

My mind is open to you explaining what will be achieved by this statue being pulled down?