Reply With QuoteBizarre.
Whether sympathetic to their actions or not, surely you can't go around destroying things with no consequence.
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Bizarre.
Whether sympathetic to their actions or not, surely you can't go around destroying things with no consequence.
Nor was I.
Rather agree with them, but whatever your beliefs, you can't make a unilateral decision on what is righr or wong and just destroy what you don't like.
Good for them. Unusual to wish Bristolians well.
One of the protesters said after the verdict that removing the statue had the affect of rewriting history. That's what the Russians did after Stalin killed at least 3m people. Bizarre. History is history that should be told truthfully however bad that may be.
Would have made more sense to me to find them guilty and then for the judge to impose a nominal fine.
Somewhere in a darkened room Ugly Patel will be distraught, she was hoping to impose ten year jail sentences. Well done that jury.
The statue didn’t tell history though.Originally Posted by Vindec
Think the Bristol Mayor should explain why he and the council did not act and remove it knowing the statue had been an issue for so many and after receiving many complaints over many years ??
Let's prey this case result doesn't lead to more acts of civil action.
Funny that one of the four doesn't live in Bristol but in Hampshire.
Civil action is all that’s left in this country. You’ll be thankful for people like these one day.
There were consequences though. They were tried and found not guilty.
recently we have all seen history airbrushed to appease society
Why?
Maybe Bristol has better butchers than Hampshire?
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Good for them.
The statue has been a disgrace and shame on Bristol for years
People asked nicely for it to be removed or moved and they were ignored.
Look, this is serious.....
Absolutely
As much as having statues of killers up is a part of history, so is the removal of such statues.
Ps... You don't destroy history by removing statues... You destroy history by not teaching it truthfully in schools or telling the truth about these killers in museums etc.... Sadly British history that is taught does not portray a truthful history.
Are you familiar with 'Sausagegate' ?Look, this is serious.....
Well said.
I dont get this rewriting history bollox.
The thread?
Or am I just laughing at a joke I've made up in my head about a Bristol butcher from Hampshire and my subconscious is filling in the blanks (and there are quite a few blanks today!)?
The thing is, history is written, usually by the victors or powerful or wealthy or, let's face it, literate. So it comes in many forms and is nearly always someone's 'version' of events. So changing the narrative is a good thing when the slant has been in favour of Bristolian philanthropist who cares for the poor white folk as opposed to the white bloke who made a killing out of slavery (sic..k).
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