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Originally Posted by Paul
TV Shows dont give you cancer, totally different thing.
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So if it's different then why do we have a watershed and film ratings.
Media can influence ideas and attitudes as much as any physical products can affect health.
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Originally Posted by downquark1
This is not about enlightening the British people. Their ignorance is boundless and could be reduced any number of ways. This is about removing heroes and cultural touchstones so they can be replaced by new ones. At the demand of a mob I will add i.e. Iconoclasm.
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As I said before, my personal view is that the re-evaluation is the key here. But where the only reason for the statue in the first place is due to the ability to be a philanthropist due their slave trade wealth, then that is a problem that needs to be discussed. The statue in Bristol has been talked about for many years before the recent action. No-one could agree on an acceptable solution. Same for the Rhodes situation in Oxford.
BTW, the BNP have also been calling for statues of Nelson Mandela to be taken down. Do I agree with that? No. Do I accept they have a right within our society to raise it as discussion due to some of the actions of the ANC? Yes.