Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:55 pm
mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need for you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:19 pm
Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:45 pm
Jimmy Scoular wrote:I am off to Rome to ensure Julius Caser's image is erased ! He ethically cleansed the Gauls , probably one million ? When is this rubbish going to end . Political correctness gone mad.
Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:05 pm
Jimmy Scoular wrote:I am off to Rome to ensure Julius Caser's image is erased ! He ethically cleansed the Gauls , probably one million ? When is this rubbish going to end . Political correctness gone mad.
Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:34 pm
Big Hill Blue wrote:Jimmy Scoular wrote:I am off to Rome to ensure Julius Caser's image is erased ! He ethically cleansed the Gauls , probably one million ? When is this rubbish going to end . Political correctness gone mad.
It ain't gonna end. Unless the sensible majority tell these morons
Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:34 pm
Big Hill Blue wrote:They've boarded him up now so he can't be seen.
Pathetic
Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:49 pm
Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:51 pm
RICK+CCFC wrote:Big Hill Blue wrote:They've boarded him up now so he can't be seen.
Pathetic
It is pathetic,,, and it’s laughable. I mean, how many people actually get to see this statue anyway? It’s not as if it’s standing outside Cardiff Central train station with the BBC Wales HQ in the background...
History should be remembered for what it was,,, as a reminder for it to ever, and never happen again,,, not erased completely,,, because of political correctness.
Past Wickedness and Evil are all lessons from history,,, God knows we can’t afford to forget that!
Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:46 am
Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:20 am
Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:26 am
YDdraigGwyn wrote:Big Hill Blue wrote:Jimmy Scoular wrote:I am off to Rome to ensure Julius Caser's image is erased ! He ethically cleansed the Gauls , probably one million ? When is this rubbish going to end . Political correctness gone mad.
It ain't gonna end. Unless the sensible majority tell these morons
Is it a sensible majority though? That’s my concern. I honestly don’t think it is anymore.
The social media age has bred generations of people who fall over themselves to virtue signal at every given opportunity. The amount of people who would have posted that stupid BLM black square would have been off the charts. The whole mantra “if you are not with us then you are against us” is engrained in these people and they do anything to prove to the mob that they aren’t a bad person, even if that means relinquishing their grasp on reality, sense or self respect.
If there is something to be faux offended about, these idiots will find it and then with the use of the above that pander to them, force through any and every change they like. It’s a power game and they win every single time because nobody will stand up to them due to cancel culture.
You do as the mob says or you lose your job.
Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:46 am
Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:33 am
skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need for you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
so if it does not alter history why pull them down ?
none of these statues were erected because any of these men were tip top slavers... they were erected as a mark of respect for things done in improving communities by those that lived in that era... that itself is history surely ?
as for the Sadam comparison, it was toppled by a conquering army and was a statue to himself...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:32 am
Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:04 am
Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:06 am
mm3260 wrote:skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need for you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
so if it does not alter history why pull them down ?
none of these statues were erected because any of these men were tip top slavers... they were erected as a mark of respect for things done in improving communities by those that lived in that era... that itself is history surely ?
as for the Sadam comparison, it was toppled by a conquering army and was a statue to himself...
Pull them down or leave them up makes no difference to me. My point was this,
1. i know about historical figures without the need for statues.
2 When Saddam's statue was toppled, my knowledge of him and his rule didn't disappear and he is being taught about in schools today without there being Statues of him.
3. If the statues are taken down it doesn't alter the deeds of the person who's statue it was.
4. In the case of Colston, his philanthropy towards Bristol was based on wealth accumulated with his use of slaves. He is different to Picton in that respect. Picton was someone whom the establishment were concerned enough about to put him on trial for his abuse and torture of slaves.
If you are implying that giving money or giving your life for your country absolves you of your acts of cruelty and oppression then that's your choice and i haven't argued that point but again i will state : Removing the statues will not alter what these people have done good or bad and it wont erase their deeds from history. Did you ever have statues in school when learning about historical figures? Did you and people around you know about Picton before all this? have you ever studied the Heroes statues in City Hall or taken a trip to See the Picton statue in Carmarthen?
Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:31 am
mm3260 wrote:skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need youfor you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
so if it does not alter history why pull them down ?
none of these statues were erected because any of these men were tip top slavers... they were erected as a mark of respect for things done in improving communities by those that lived in that era... that itself is history surely ?
as for the Sadam comparison, it was toppled by a conquering army and was a statue to himself...
Pull them down or leave them up makes no difference to me. My point was this,
1. i know about historical figures without the need for statues.
2 When Saddam's statue was toppled, my knowledge of him and his rule didn't disappear and he is being taught about in schools today without there being Statues of him.
3. If the statues are taken down it doesn't alter the deeds of the person who's statue it was.
4. In the case of Colston, his philanthropy towards Bristol was based on wealth accumulated with his use of slaves. He is different to Picton in that respect. Picton was someone whom the establishment were concerned enough about to put him on trial for his abuse and torture of slaves.
If you are implying that giving money or giving your life for your country absolves you of your acts of cruelty and oppression then that's your choice and i haven't argued that point but again i will state : Removing the statues will not alter what these people have done good or bad and it wont erase their deeds from history. Did you ever have statues in school when learning about historical figures? Did you and people around you know about Picton before all this? have you ever studied the Heroes statues in City Hall or taken a trip to See the Picton statue in Carmarthen?
Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:50 pm
mm3260 wrote:skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need for you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
so if it does not alter history why pull them down ?
none of these statues were erected because any of these men were tip top slavers... they were erected as a mark of respect for things done in improving communities by those that lived in that era... that itself is history surely ?
as for the Sadam comparison, it was toppled by a conquering army and was a statue to himself...
Pull them down or leave them up makes no difference to me. My point was this,
1. i know about historical figures without the need for statues.
2 When Saddam's statue was toppled, my knowledge of him and his rule didn't disappear and he is being taught about in schools today without there being Statues of him.
3. If the statues are taken down it doesn't alter the deeds of the person who's statue it was.
4. In the case of Colston, his philanthropy towards Bristol was based on wealth accumulated with his use of slaves. He is different to Picton in that respect. Picton was someone whom the establishment were concerned enough about to put him on trial for his abuse and torture of slaves.
If you are implying that giving money or giving your life for your country absolves you of your acts of cruelty and oppression then that's your choice and i haven't argued that point but again i will state : Removing the statues will not alter what these people have done good or bad and it wont erase their deeds from history. Did you ever have statues in school when learning about historical figures? Did you and people around you know about Picton before all this? have you ever studied the Heroes statues in City Hall or taken a trip to See the Picton statue in Carmarthen?
Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:10 pm
skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:skidemin wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:mm3260 wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Sven wrote:Personally, I have no major issue with this; so long as we don't see a re-writing of history to expunge the deeds (good or bad) of a man 'of his time' who brought a lot more to Wales than that which has been highlighted of late
It's right that a more educated and diverse society should work together to accept and understand how best we can all move forward whilst accepting the lessons of what happened in the past as a barometer of success
Only problem is you take all these statues away and like other places renaming buildings ect you actually are denying history As be no visible record of these people ? Ffs they've even removed the statue of black labrador dog mascot of the dam busters. From the squadron memorial? Why because its name was N+++++ now there is nothing to say how important he was to pilots morall... like said history is being abolished as if never happened.
Uhh? you don't change or deny history by removing statues. How many statues have you seen of King Alfred, King Harold, William the Conq, Duke of Wellington, Captain cook and 100s more. They exist in history and your Knowledge without the need for you to have seen statues.
Remove them and you don't change history or deny history. What a silly concept
Ffs always get a random poster so its As silly concept as having someone post on here with couple of posts since 2012!!! Where have you been enslaved or just invisible?others have said same thing why not pick out their posts but think you are my long time stalker?
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Not picking on you but you made the point about changing history and abolishing history and many agreed with you.
I learnt about many figures from history without statues so i assume maybe that my school in Cardiff was unique in teaching without the help of Statues. Most on here had never Heard of Picton and Colston before BLM thrust them into the limelight.
There was a fellow i think in Iraq who led the country oh wait no he didn't or did he, well anyway i can recall something about a statue being toppled and people hitting it with their shoes but i don't know why or what he was supposed to have done because the statue has gone.
You see my point? Removing statues doesn't change or alter history. Now mock me and my post from 2012 but you and many agreed with your theory that removing statues somehow alters history.
So again i will say, wow what an unusual outlook to have. Totally can't get my head around that concept so sorry to you and all who agree with you. Removing a statue alters history or erases history.......my my well i never knew that. Wonder if there any academic papers on that phenomenon?.... removing statues alters or erases history????
so if it does not alter history why pull them down ?
none of these statues were erected because any of these men were tip top slavers... they were erected as a mark of respect for things done in improving communities by those that lived in that era... that itself is history surely ?
as for the Sadam comparison, it was toppled by a conquering army and was a statue to himself...
Pull them down or leave them up makes no difference to me. My point was this,
1. i know about historical figures without the need for statues.
2 When Saddam's statue was toppled, my knowledge of him and his rule didn't disappear and he is being taught about in schools today without there being Statues of him.
3. If the statues are taken down it doesn't alter the deeds of the person who's statue it was.
4. In the case of Colston, his philanthropy towards Bristol was based on wealth accumulated with his use of slaves. He is different to Picton in that respect. Picton was someone whom the establishment were concerned enough about to put him on trial for his abuse and torture of slaves.
If you are implying that giving money or giving your life for your country absolves you of your acts of cruelty and oppression then that's your choice and i haven't argued that point but again i will state : Removing the statues will not alter what these people have done good or bad and it wont erase their deeds from history. Did you ever have statues in school when learning about historical figures? Did you and people around you know about Picton before all this? have you ever studied the Heroes statues in City Hall or taken a trip to See the Picton statue in Carmarthen?
Sadam ? a LIVING at the time despot who had statues , mosaics sculptures and enormous banners of him self everywhere and then had the above toppled and defaced by a conquering army ..being used as a reference point to statues erected years after death out of respect by communities just shows zero understanding or even attempted understanding...
and no pulling a statue down does not change the persons deeds, but neither was erecting that statue changing their deeds in the first place.... it does change the history of the area by now disrespecting our ancestors, who in the modern day are looked upon as wrong but not so at the time...if you cannot find a lesson there i despair...
Colston and Picton ,2 very different men... but lets lump a load of people together eh....and yes Picton went to trial was found guilty then won on appeal... but no smoke without fire and in all appeals the persons who overturn decisions are guilty really ?????? not your standard BLM leave prisoners out on the street line but eh oh its not about being level...is it..?
as for implying good makes up for bad... now thats really a sliding scale effected by a number of things.. but youd know far more than me about this topic as the bunch your aligned with riot, loot attack and kill police officers, kill people who run their illegal road blocks even children , destroy livelihoods show no regard to democracy. authority ,or history but justify it as in their eyes its for the greater good .. and if good can never make up for bad why on earth would a person who is racist ever try to redeem themselves..?