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Who else is bloody fed up with this???
I have no problem with people of different race...but you cannot change history...it is what it is.
Why bow down to a different race....white to black...black to white....whatever.
This tearing down of statues is appalling.....times were different.......you regret but you do not destroy.....
Which bit is the blasphemy - the knee or the statues?
In my opinion there isn't enough blasphemy about - the more the better.
Good article this morning from William Dalrymple (top historian when it comes to India and middle east) on why Clive Of India's statue outside the Foreign Office should be torn down:
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...itish-imperial
I agree. What I find odd is pulling down a hollow tin likeness of someone who lived 300 years ago makes people think they've achieved something, yet if they were really bothered about slavery they'd have been demonstrating about 7yr olds being made to work down mines for cobalt in 2020. Probably nothing about in on facebook or twitter though..
Some people deserve a knee in the balls!
Is it me or isn't the expression "taking" the knee?
Wow!! And just found this about goings on in Italy .http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat...ntry-6344.html
Giving ...taking...whatever...it is just ludicrous.....and wrong.
In the same vein I do not see any need to apologise etc for India....or wherever for colonialism.
History is History.
Maybe blasphemy was not the right word....perhaps using obscenities is correct...there is simply no need and reflects the user of such language.
The parallels between this and Jimmy Saville are incredible.
The argument for keeping the Colston statue is that "he did so much charitable work".
As did Saville but do we ignore his 'indiscretions'?
"Well if you tear down his statue you have to tear down his buildings". So are you suggesting we also close the hospital wards that Saville paid for? No but you maybe rename them as they have done is Great Ormand street.
"We can't erase history". Nobody is erasing history. Statues sole purpose is to revere and celebrate a person's greatness - maybe put it in a museum like the international slavery museum in Liverpool where its only purpose then is to teach new generations how bloody weird we were building public memorials to murderers and human traffickers.