Chit Chat
statue in Bristol has been torn down and thrown into the harbour
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England v w germany final on this afternoon,plenty of red/white/blue,union jacks etc but not a st georges flag in sight
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It would be nice when the statue is salvaged and melted down that
a donation was made to black lives matter. |
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Time to bring out the water-cannons to deal with this sc(-)um.
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It will end up kicking off because they need an excuse for the 2nd wave hitting (If they want to do one)
Blame the protesters etc |
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Jesus, a veritable avalanche of snowflakes on here
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Edward Colston
"Altruism and politics He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere. Many of his charitable foundations survive to this day.[1] In Bristol, he founded almshouses in King Street and on St Michael's Hill, endowed Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school and helped found Colston's Hospital, a boarding school which opened in 1710 leaving an endowment to be managed by the Society of Merchant Venturers for its upkeep. He gave money to schools in Temple (one of which went on to become St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School) and other parts of Bristol, and to several churches and the cathedral." --- Maybe the leftists could put one up for Karl Marx, with the text below "originator of Communism which has killed more than 100 million people". |
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Police spokesman has been on and verified that the statue actually tripped and fell. So you all need to calm down.
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Statue on way to Barnard Castle for an eye test
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It comes after largely peaceful demonstrations in London so a full scale riot is now largeley peaceful
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Whatever you think of the statue and the manner of its disposal, there’s no doubt that working for the Royal Africa Co. Colston made a lot of money by appalling means. He was involved in the transportation of 84,000 enslaved men, women and children, 19,000 of whom died en route.
Sick slaves were often thrown overboard so an insurance claim could be made. I wonder if the statue is insured? |
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The Scottish protests in Edinburgh and Edinburgh looked peaceful affairs.
They were held in Holyrood Park and Glasgow Green and tbf most were practising social distancing. Mind you the Glasgow one had an independence against racism theme organised by the All Under One Banner pro independence group.  |
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Oops Edinburgh and Glasgow that should read.
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Takes an act of ripping it down to learn about this guy and how he profitted from all those deaths. We never get taught this kind of thing in school. It's all just Henry VIII, Queen Vic and WWII.
Any talk of the Empire stops and ends at red coloured maps and talks of tea. We need to acknowledge our past to know our present. |
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You can"t judge people"s actions in the 17Th century by todays moral standards if we judged all history that way would be a very warped world.
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Kids are learning plenty whilst the schools are closed.
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Loads of people profited in all walks of lives through the slave trade.
Kings and Queens and The Catholic Church. Saints and Sinners all. Was the way of the world and had been since Biblical times. Whats next for them? A journey to Egypt to tear down the Pyramids? |
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We should not judge folk entirely by the standards of today.
We should be proud of those that stood up against the likes of colston But protecting the legacy of some of these guys is not necessarily the best way forward |
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i,ll check but cant remember to many people suggesting the british army put the statue of saddam back up, or anyone suggesting germany erect a statue of hitler,
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White folk are no more slavers than anybody else
If you want to prove that then losing a few statues of white folk who clearly did profit from enslaving black folk would be a small price for you to pay |
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all British people that is.
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So losing a few statues should not bother you
Clearly it does Your racist output has been pointed out before |
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can you imagine if we turned the clock back 20 odd years and at the time there was outrage at the trials of Stephen Lawrence killers,the way they lauded it outside court etc,if it was happening today half the country would be supporting them,strange times we,re going backover, the right and their new red wall would be encouraging the police as they battered the miner,s at Orgreave,calling them leftie scumwho need teaching a lesson, uk divided,no right or wrong,just support doris and co or else
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Donny do you think the Pyramids in Egypt should be destroyed?
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if the sun comes back out we could be in for a summer of discontent
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The Jimmy Saville statue was removed
Like Colston he balanced his crimes against charity donations |
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
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even after lockdown restrictions ,the thing to take from weekends pictures are take protester,s away and London is still dead on a weekend
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must be a bugger getting young wilfy to sleep last 2 nights,
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I'll ask you Edy. Do you think the Pyramids in Egypt should be destroyed?
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Why should they?
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I'll take that as a NO then.
Makes you a hypocrite going by your earlier posts on this thread. |
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When I say taken down I mean ripped down by the mob.
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The statue of Eddie the Eagle is not in danger, IT.
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they've been having the debate in Bristol for years about the statue,like I say everyone council,black labour mayor will be delighted the decision,s been made for them,
unless the spectator arranges a recovery from the river |
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Wonder will the put a statue of George Floyd up to replace it?
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