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I'm pretty sure that almost any statue or memorial erected before 1970 is on the hit list for removal now.
I'm pretty sure that almost any statue or memorial erected before 1970 is on the hit list for removal now.
Ain't that the truth. I'm sure more people remember that there was a mountain formerly named McKinley (now named back to Denali) than there are people that remember there was once a president named McKinley. He's one of those skip-over presidents who kids learn about more because he existed than because of anything he'd done. His mountain had a greater legacy than his presidency.I'm not shocked or appalled that a statue of McKinely is being taken down. I'm shocked that anybody ever bothered to put one up in his honor in the first place, unless it's attached by a string to a larger one of Mark Hanna.
I'm pretty sure that almost any statue or memorial erected before 1970 is on the hit list for removal now.
OMG, you've been keeping up with the furore over Cecil Rhodes and the Oxford students at Oriel College, the college that Rhodes had attended, and the students demand to have Rhodes statue removed.What is happening now is not some horrific "OMGthey're destroying history!!!?!!!OMG!" It's simply a society confronting and coming to terms with the sins of its past, which all societies must do in order to evolve and survive. A society that remains chained to the superficial symbols of its past is a society that's on the road to oblivion. Just ask the British Empire.
I wouldn't mind betting that more people still call Uluru, Ayers Rock, named after Sir Henry Ayres, Chief Secretary of South Australia.Ain't that the truth. I'm sure more people remember that there was a mountain formerly named McKinley (now named back to Denali) than there are people that remember there was once a president named McKinley. He's one of those skip-over presidents who kids learn about more because he existed than because of anything he'd done. His mountain had a greater legacy than his presidency.
The South lost the Civil War, a hundred and fifty years ago. Most of those statues were put up fifty years after that loss, to perpetuate certain cultural myths that have long since been discredited. A society that's finally grown up enough to toss aside the mythology and symbols of the so-called "Lost Cause" is a society that deserves to be commended.
Believe me, the topic has been more than just remarked upon.
A statue of a soldier from the Cival War that's been at a public park for 100 years was removed by the city last year.
When I was a kid my favorite comic story (once I got past the Carl Barks Duck stories) was The Haunted Tank (I think the comic was G.I. Combat) which had a Stuart tank crewed by Lt. Jeb Stuart and three other guys, and protected by the ghost of the Confederate Army General Stuart. The Lt. was a southern boy and the Confederate flag was flown from the tank radio antenna.
I guess that comic would be deemed totally un-PC nowadays.
What is happening now is not some horrific "OMGthey're destroying history!!!?!!!OMG!" It's simply a society confronting and coming to terms with the sins of its past, which all societies must do in order to evolve and survive. A society that remains chained to the superficial symbols of its past is a society that's on the road to oblivion. Just ask the British Empire.
The South lost the Civil War, a hundred and fifty years ago. Most of those statues were put up fifty years after that loss, to perpetuate certain cultural myths that have long since been discredited.
OMG, you've been keeping up with the furore over Cecil Rhodes and the Oxford students at Oriel College, the college that Rhodes had attended, and the students demand to have Rhodes statue removed.
It's a very long story, Rhodes gave his name to Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, he was the absolute imperialist, loathed more than loved. Just google Cecil Rhodes, or ask Lizzie.
I wouldn't mind betting that more people still call Uluru, Ayers Rock, named after Sir Henry Ayres, Chief Secretary of South Australia.
I think the name of the hotel might be somewhat more remarked upon nowadays, even if Lee was a complex enough character as to defy both those who would attack and those who would lionise him.
Believe me, the topic has been more than just remarked upon.
A statue of a soldier from the Cival War that's been at a public park for 100 years was removed by the city last year.
THat, of course, is a whole nother can of worms. Let's all tread carefully here....
We like to travel around when we are in the US and to that end we stay in the budget motels. Budget? Well it can be a lucky dip, the photos in the brochure and on the web page look ok but............Mostly they are good to OK, occasionally less so. There is one thing though that they all have in common, an ice making machine. Can't remember ever using it, but as some of the family run and proprietary owned franchisees have told me, American visitors always ask if the ice machine is working. Am I missing something here?And not forgetting, a WORKING ice machine down the corridor.
Americans don't drink anything but coffee and tea warm and sometimes not even that. They may also have heard about your Lucas equipment.We like to travel around when we are in the US and to that end we stay in the budget motels. Budget? Well it can be a lucky dip, the photos in the brochure and on the web page look ok but............Mostly they are good to OK, occasionally less so. There is one thing though that they all have in common, an ice making machine. Can't remember ever using it, but as some of the family run and proprietary owned franchisees have told me, American visitors always ask if the ice machine is working. Am I missing something here?
We like to travel around when we are in the US and to that end we stay in the budget motels. Budget? Well it can be a lucky dip, the photos in the brochure and on the web page look ok but............Mostly they are good to OK, occasionally less so. There is one thing though that they all have in common, an ice making machine. Can't remember ever using it, but as some of the family run and proprietary owned franchisees have told me, American visitors always ask if the ice machine is working. Am I missing something here?