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Enoch Powell Blue Plaque
threats to rip it down or deface it, what with the churchill cafe business..its getting a little out of hand.
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A Classics scholar and something of a brainbox, but alarmist politics were dangerous and divisive. Britain has always welcomed immigrants, and Afro-
19:31 Sat 03rd Feb 2018
It's a difficult one.
Was EP a significant figure in Wolverhampton's history - yes he was, and as such it may be considered appropriate to commemorate him.
But since he was most remembered for his divisive race speech, is it then appropriate to commemorate him?
It's not possible to divorce one from the other.
As a extreme parallel - Hitler loved dogs, but you wouldn't see him getting an honorary mention in RSPCA lists of dog-loving figures from history!
I would be inclined to give the plaque a swerve - it's going to cause more harm than good, and it's not as though anyone is going to remember Mr Powell for much else than his infamous prophesies.
Was EP a significant figure in Wolverhampton's history - yes he was, and as such it may be considered appropriate to commemorate him.
But since he was most remembered for his divisive race speech, is it then appropriate to commemorate him?
It's not possible to divorce one from the other.
As a extreme parallel - Hitler loved dogs, but you wouldn't see him getting an honorary mention in RSPCA lists of dog-loving figures from history!
I would be inclined to give the plaque a swerve - it's going to cause more harm than good, and it's not as though anyone is going to remember Mr Powell for much else than his infamous prophesies.
jno - // can't see why a health minister would qualify for a blue plaque (will Jeremy Hunt get one?), but I suppose Wolverhampton have to make do with what they've got. //
That's the issues isn't it - the only reason EP is remembered at all is for a thinly veiled racist rant - not something I would want to think would be commemorated.
That's the issues isn't it - the only reason EP is remembered at all is for a thinly veiled racist rant - not something I would want to think would be commemorated.
//It is when it suits you andy. // someone
//I have no idea what that means,// the great andie H
oh I do andie - a few days ago didnt someone unite Hannah Hauzwell, Daleswoman and Quentin Crisp - nude male model and gay activist ? - now who was that andie?
a juxta position perhaps made in Heaven. One I was keen to divorce at er birth or first mention
and then the same poster glowed incandescent with overloaded ire and disgust and spluttered with rage when someone else united the 93 dead at Grenfell Tower and the Holocaust ? - at least they were all dead and shouldnt be....[ that would be me by the way]
and that I suggest is an example of one can divorce something when it suits. Just an opinion
My own view is that someone can dislike the memory of someone or something so much that they have to stab and stab at the plaster plaque until it stops moving and is in pieces. Result - dead plaster plaque and in bits
It sortta gives and idea of what people were thinking when they were casting down Romish images of idolatry in the 1540s - or 1620s - chopping off the heads of all those baby jesuses and lopping off the noses of the Virgin
or what the iconoclasts felt in the 5th century when they were smashing images during the reign of Leo the erm Iconoclast. empire of byzantium that is
//I have no idea what that means,// the great andie H
oh I do andie - a few days ago didnt someone unite Hannah Hauzwell, Daleswoman and Quentin Crisp - nude male model and gay activist ? - now who was that andie?
a juxta position perhaps made in Heaven. One I was keen to divorce at er birth or first mention
and then the same poster glowed incandescent with overloaded ire and disgust and spluttered with rage when someone else united the 93 dead at Grenfell Tower and the Holocaust ? - at least they were all dead and shouldnt be....[ that would be me by the way]
and that I suggest is an example of one can divorce something when it suits. Just an opinion
My own view is that someone can dislike the memory of someone or something so much that they have to stab and stab at the plaster plaque until it stops moving and is in pieces. Result - dead plaster plaque and in bits
It sortta gives and idea of what people were thinking when they were casting down Romish images of idolatry in the 1540s - or 1620s - chopping off the heads of all those baby jesuses and lopping off the noses of the Virgin
or what the iconoclasts felt in the 5th century when they were smashing images during the reign of Leo the erm Iconoclast. empire of byzantium that is
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