Re: When is right to remove a statue?
It's right when your voice is louder than others, it's right when we are afraid to upset anyone about anything....."Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."Re: When is right to remove a statue?
Why is there a need for statues? We are not likely to forget history if they do not exist. No-one will forget Hitler and there is no statue anywhere for him. I have visited Washington DC and there are statues everywhere and I have no clue who they are apart from of course, Lincoln. Just as we do not need a statue of Churchill or Thatcher of even Nelson Mandela. History is sufficient.Re: When is right to remove a statue?
Are we to sanitise history?... Florence Nightingale wasnt a very nice lady by all accounts, I daresay some French people might think Nelson was a murdering swine..But I dont think anyone will be tearing down their statues.Re: When is right to remove a statue?
Depends where you are.Thread Tools | |
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