Colston Statue Replaced

[fender62]

does anyone think the new statue should stay, even though erected illegally, reminds me of che guevara.. stokes viva revolution, if anyone remembers the black panthers in the states.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8524687/Edward-Colston-statue-replaced-unofficial-sculpture-Black-Lives-Matter-protester.html

[douglas9401]

When asked what she thought of the likeness the subject remarked "Does my bum look big in this?"

[Ric.ror]

Everyone likes Uncle Bens

[sanmac]

It needs a good spray-painting...Preferably white.

[bednobs]

if people think they ought to have a say over which statues go/stay up, then they ought to extend the same right to other people and not just impose a statue on everyone

[fender62]

do they want all statues replaced with statues of bame people all over the uk? like mmm diane abbott, lenny henry, shirley bassey..shirley is a good singer ill give you that, statues of mother holding babies?
a multi language kiosk with the cities history in photos and videos, i dont know, makes the indigenous feel they have been replaced and the culture inferior, sacrificed on the alter of diversity, or you don't matter.

[kat1]

Carn't see it being there in the morning!

[youngmafbog]

Why dont we just get rid of ruddy statues?

Even before this they have caused problems, and I dont like any of them really. Surely I'm not the only one?

[emmie]

shouldn't stay up, i prefer they replace it with someone who has made a contribution to this country and its well being.

[fender62]

emmie, /i prefer they replace it with someone who has made a contribution to this country and its well being/ blm would say unless the statue is of a black person, then it's white privilege, erase and cancel..it's gone that far.. tho Michael Olumide Adebolajo, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale would probably be popular with them.

[jackthehat]

^That is beneath contempt.

// ....makes the indigenous feel they have been replaced and the culture inferior....//

My feelings about my place in this country are not so easily damaged or dented by the removal of a single statue. It's a shame yours are so fragile.

[Baldric]

It's gotta go!!!!!!

[royfromaus]

Stop be stupid, Fender.

[royfromaus]

It's as simple as mob-rule cannot be allowed to take down or erect statues as if they are a law unto themselves.

[Denton]

They don't want equality they want total power.

[douglas9401]

Maybe treat it as if it's an extension to a house or a garage erected without planning permission and bulldoze it.

Give folk another day out to shout and blow their whistles.

[jourdain2]

Of course not. Public spaces require public permission. Bit of showmanship and adevertising.

[douglas9401]

Anyhoo:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53423415

[ynnafymmi]

Apart from anything else,she will probably get young schoolboys looking up her skirt.....and wondering.

[retrocop]

Apparently it has already been removed. That claim to fame was shortlived. :-)

[lankeela]

How can it be allowed to stay if put there illegally - it would surely open the floodgates for mobs to replace statues with whatever they choose.