[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Sticks

So when Iraq was liberated, should they have kept all those statues of Saddam Hussain instead of destroying them?

Was that not "re-writing history" ?

A totally different argument Sticks.

The statues of Saddam Hussein were erected by himself or at his behest as a dictator and as Arista quite rightly says, it was the Iraqi people themselves who tore down these statues once liberated from the tyrants grip.

Oxford University erected the statue of Rhodes in recognition of the hundreds of millions of pounds by which they benefitted from the Foundation he created in his will to provide free education to underprivileged students from America, Germany AND the colonies.

They did not erect the statue in any kind of misplaced veneration that Rhodes was an imperialist.

It is NOT the people of Britain who wish to tear down Rhodes statue, it is a very small minority of hypocritical political agitators, the leader of which - cheeky arrogant bastard that he is - is studying at Oxford on the very free scholarship afforded to him by Rhodes will.

This IS NOT Palmyra and ISIS are not in control of the UK - yet.