General chat.& Random stuff

[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

I’d heard of Colston School - but knew nothing of Colston himself

I admit to knowing about him but like everyone I live in the here and now ,
I acknowledge they were different times with different attitudes , but to deny or hide the past is to deny the chance to learn from it.

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

I admit to knowing about him but like everyone I live in the here and now ,
I acknowledge they were different times with different attitudes , but to deny or hide the past is to deny the chance to learn from it.

 

[neveroffsidereff]

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Love it!!

 

[neveroffsidereff]

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The one person who is camping to get it removed had a scholarship from the Rhodes Foundation. I wonder if she will pay them back. In face the Foundation funds lots of black people on scholarships to Oxford. I wonder if they pull the plug on it if they take his statue down.

 

[neveroffsidereff]

I’d heard of Colston School - but knew nothing of Colston himself

They were campaigning to get his statue removed a few years ago, but the locals voted to keep it. His name is all round Bristol, I’m sure he invested lots of money into the area, yes he had done wrong in the past, but who hasn’t.

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

They were campaigning to get his statue removed a few years ago, but the locals voted to keep it. His name is all round Bristol, I’m sure he invested lots of money into the area, yes he had done wrong in the past, but who hasn’t.

We are all a product of our time .....

 

[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

Agreed, we should never forget the past. Maybe these monuments should stay but have big signage attached saying what that person really was. I feel it's wrong to just let slave traders have statues around the place when people may not know much about them. I don't think people should have to actually look up someone to find out that they were extremely unsavoury. It should be very obvious - with an acknowledgement that these people where at one time looked up to by wealthy white people.

We are all a product of our time .....

So true

 

[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

If its statues, films , TV programmes then logically it will be books next. Although there were many different types of books/ topics selected for destruction the premise for it was to deny a free thinking individual to form his or her own opinions .

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[glamexile]

I feel as though I should claim that every game that Neath lost was clearly discrimination against the All Blacks

 

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And who are the racists again ?

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[Taffvalerowdy]

https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2...ulture_b-gdnculture&__twitter_impression=true

 

[swantastic]

https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2...ulture_b-gdnculture&__twitter_impression=true

The lefty twats can't see that show was taking the piss out of those that hated germans long after the war ended and lived in peace for decades ! It was funny as fek tho !

The stupid cnuts better leave father Ted alone

 

[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

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Absolutely disgraceful ,words ****ing fail me

 

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[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

honestly , I wonder how he can then for fill his duties if one of his new "friends" commits an indiscretion

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[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

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[Matthew Bound Still Lurks]

Who's going to speak for us

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