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And Officer Dibble obvs.
We're famous for humour and eccentricity so how about Terry Jones and Grayson Perry (I'm aware Grayson isn't dead yet)
All this naval gazing about nasty people in the past is detracting from the real message and very real current issues, all very much students union politics.
Wow! If you can't see how having a statue of a slave trader in the city centre is very much part of current issues then you've missed the point by a very significant margin.
Naval gazing?
There surely must be statues of Nelson already?
I think there is real strength in regularly changing exibits – history doesn’t stand still, why should statues?
We could get one of those living statue busker types to impersonate who ever is trending on twitter that week.
For the recently vacated plinth in Bristol I would suggest the black civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson who led the bus boycott in the 1960s - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stephenson_(civil_rights_campaigner)
For the recently vacated plinth in Bristol I would suggest the black civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson
You are not the only one. Petition here if you are keen:
https://www.change.org/p/bristol-city-council-replace-the-colston-statue-with-paul-stephenson
Just let Anthony Gormley put whatever he wants to on them.
That’ll be statues of Anthony Gormley then.
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Some day, my plinth will come.
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Very well done!
I think banksy’s suggestion has a lot of merit, putting the damaged statue of Colston back up, with additional statues of some protesters pulling it over, along with appropriate plaque telling the full history
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Some day, my plinth will come.
Spwendid. Simpwy Spwendid
A huge gammon joint in celebration of all that's important in Englandshire
Identical tablets of stone with all the lies 'promises' that were made by the Leave campaign.
They can be crossed off when they are honoured.
It would need to be very weather resistant stone, though.
Nothing. The way the world is going at the moment what ever you put up will offend someone or group so best to not bother and save the money commissioning replacements will cost
Nothing. The way the world is going at the moment what ever you put up will offend someone or group so best to not bother and save the money commissioning replacements will cost
I'm offended by empty plinths.
Stuffed protester, no doubt they will be vilified in the future for the violence and property damage and they can be chucked in the canal (not to mention the white washing of history through the removal of statues they don’t like). All this naval gazing about nasty people in the past is detracting from the real message and very real current issues, all very much students union politics.
youve missed so many points in that statement I dont know where to start!
The way the world is going at the moment what ever you put up will offend someone or group so best to not bother and save the money commissioning replacements will cost
slavery is just 'what ever'
It's ironic that at the same time as a bunch of platforms are losing their dead racists a living racist has lost one of his platforms.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53006006
^^^^^
You've done me there. That ith vewy well done....
Podium dancer in gold hot pants.
A novelty urinal for the weekend boozers.
Boris Johnson, on horseback, just after winning his second term of office.
Podium dancer in gold hotpants.
Thought Kylie Friday was banned? If not it will be soon.
I'd suggest replacing them all with Freddy Mercury Statues as place holders, at least temporarily, it's something inspiring and fun 'till we can choose others.
also this
And a large bronze of a doner kebab foot, rotating on it’s spike in front of a grill.
A sculpture of a fist painted in the Stars and Stripes being thrust up a Union Jack painted anus?
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Boris Johnson, on horseback, just after winning his second term of office.
Bare chested , Putin style?
Sounds about right !
I’d put Stormzy on one.
Put an upside down plaque on one that says 'base of the world'
(This might be liable for copyright infringement)
As for the Colston plinth, could put a plaque that reads 'Buried at Sea'
Banksy's idea is a good one.
I vote for statues of the Emperor Of Mankind and his 20 sons. OK so yes 9 of them turn evil and some of those 9 turn into literal demons, and 2 of them got deleted entirely for being even bigger dicks than those 9, and the other 9 are pretty much all arseholes in service of a total fascist. But, none of that's going to happen for another 28000 years or so, so at least the bloody statues can stay up for a while.
A body (from one of Iain Banks' novels - Complicity IIRC)?
The original statues they were intended for
^^ Have i read that right? You think they should put the slave trader back up?
TheartistFormerlyKnownAs,
Or why not replace with like for like. Hitler springs to mind, or the devil perhaps?
Peter Sutcliffe
Fred West
Myra Hindley
Jimmy Saville
A good focus for the Two Minute Hate
When you punch a racist in the face you get told you are a thug and that you are as bad as them. When you try and debate calmly someone calls you a snowflake.
Joseph Knight - brave lad whose action lead to slavery being recognised as illegal in Scotland in 1774.
Of course that means Henry Dundas deserves some recognition for this too...
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inkster
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TheartistFormerlyKnownAs,Or why not replace with like for like. Hitler springs to mind, or the devil perhaps?
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I'd possibly research why the statue was there in the first place and what other cultural reference it might have, think about it rationally and then decide if it was wholly inappropriate. If it was, then I'd think about what to replace it with. If it was borderline as to it's meaning/possibly causing offence to someone (what doesn't these days?). then it might not be removed.
What I have no time for is the ridiculous frothing at the mouth that seems to be happening lately, the minute the next crusade rolls into town - that and mindless destruction of property to prove 'your' point.
It's the same with TV programmes being removed and the likes of Leigh Francis snivelling about his character portrayals. Harry Enfield seems to be the only one not losing his head at the moment, suggesting black face is a subject for discussion, rather than knee jerk censorship
I’d possibly research why the statue was there in the first place and what other cultural reference it might have
I think the "mob" had already done that. It was a known issue to many people hence it was pulled down. The guy was a slave trader, who made his fortune selling slaves, i'm not sure what other information you feel you need. Or do you think we should have had a referendum about the Jimmy Saville statue as well? After all he did a lot of charity work.
FWIW i think most people think the BBC et al pulling stuff like fawlty towers is a stupid distraction from the real issues.
Theartistformerlyknownas,
You've got a point, people are so easily offended these days, by things like slavery and racism. Bluddy snowflakes.
Anyway, back to the devil. We really need a statue of the devil somewhere.
John Bercow just to upset the righties
With a proximity sensor so it bellows out
ORRRRDDDEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUURRRRRR
If anyone gets too near
#troll mode on#
Wernher von Braun
See if people like GPS and orbit reliable technology.
#troll mode off#
Honestly not sure. Cant it be someone who has brought joy and good to the local community. Not achieved greatness but overcome the odds.
Less well off parents working hard to give their kids a decent start that sort of thing. Different one every month?