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Good morning...... Me?, yes fluent in English (my tongue included).

You had better ask the "Anyone else"

regards

V

It's about a thread that started as a reasonable discussion being hijacked by a deplorable excuse for a human being and which was then removed by the Admin. 

I must have  missed this discussion.  I dont no about yous but reading these long discussions is better than reading the news papers I was going to say these days but to be honest every day until nicola s  allows me to go back to work ? Is there a way of finding the long ones on the forum cheers mack 

I missed this one.  I thought Villas was talking about yesterday's "disappearing" post about Black Lives Matter.  On that thread, Kelvin had made an interesting suggestion that, instead of removing statues and monuments that offend, they are developed somehow to bring history up to date (sorry, Kelvin, I'm paraphrasing from memory because, as I said, the thread has disappeared). 

Coincidentally, the artist Banksy, who hails from Bristol, made a suggestion on this Twitter account yesterday that I think would be a really good compromise, not least because it keeps the statues in public spaces to provoke reflection and debate:

"Here’s an idea that caters for both those who miss the Colston statue and those who don’t. We drag him out the water, put him back on the plinth, tie cable round his neck and commission some life size bronze statues of protestors in the act of pulling him down. Everyone happy. A famous day commemorated."  Banksy

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-banksy-shared-proposal-replace-edward-colston-statue-protestors-brought-bristol

Assuming, of course, that the Council can afford the bronze protesters......

Kind regards,

Kim

Hi Castleman,

I have to assume you didn't read the link, which includes a sketch of what Banksy had in mind, intended to commemorate the day that protesters pulled the statue down.

Kind regards,

Kim

I can't speak for the Black community, but if I could ask, "Do you want these statues moved to museums, or their vaults, where this history is out of sight?  Or leave them in public view, powerfully adapted to commemorate the day that equality triumphed over injustice?", I wonder what the answer would be..........

Kind regards,

Kim

I concur. I made a similar statement. Now been "topic-ised". This may "go" again. I will say only one thing. The history exists. Let's learn from it, not change or manipulate it. Many have tried & tried to destroy, ignor or censor. V

We'll start in Spain, no? with moros y cristianos, via Hadrian's Wall, & dismantle Rome. Find a museum. It'll take a little time. But Auchswiez wasn't built in a day. (Sorry about spelling, above...I don't speak Saxon). V

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💭what coloured labels. 😇

G. Fawkes:........Cremation. ..no?. 

& re: Ms N. Sturgen, remove (lower) some stones (on the wall that is!)

V

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