Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
How far back is this rewriting of history going to go? How about the ancient pyramids in Egypt? Are you in favour of them being smashed to pieces and thrown into the River Nile? Once you start down this road there is no end.
What have the pyramids got to do with this? I wasn't advocating tearing down statues - although I think there is a case for doing that, as part of a communal decision on what deserves to be commemorated - either because of achievement or because of historical significance. I do like the Liverpool idea I described in my earlier post.

Just to be clear though - you would be outraged by any attempt to tear down or hide away any statue to Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin or Robert E Lee? That would just be re-writing history? A slippery slope that leads to demolition of the pyramids?