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Originally Posted by Rexz
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As I have said before I believe it depends on who the person is and why they have a statue.
Colston has a slave trader and that's how he got the money he had. As with Confederate Statues in the States I don't think that is worthy of a celebration so if the statue is to remain it should be placed in the context of who he was. Not left alone to celebrate him.
In other cases where the reason they have a statue is different, for a great achievement unrelated to the reason people want them removed, then I believe it should remain. In some circumstances maybe with a plaque explaining a bit further.
The case for Colston's removal is completely morally different from some of the others people have listed.