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Originally Posted by Livia
I don't believe in removing statues. It's like trying to rewrite history. I'd rather statues were left, with a plaque explaining who the person was and what they did at the time. Most thinking people will know that the world was a different place in the past. Pretending bad things didn't happen doesn't help. We need to remember.
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I agree with that; I also think it's important to realise that the painful living memories will only exist for a brief period. A blink of an eye in historical terms, really. In 500 years time, any such statue simply becomes an important piece of history, and it's important NOT to view history through rose-tinted glasses, or only know what's written in modern history books. The more primary sources the better, really... I'd rather read what the people of the time had to say about a historical figure than an analysis by a historian centuries later...