Ben@Forest wrote:And how would extremist groups be defined?
I'd expect (and hope for) the Government of the day to do that. Although, what with recent behaviour by one Mr Tr*mp, that may be off-target...
Ben@Forest wrote:What if the Irish diaspora objected to statues of Oliver Cromwell (there are five statues of Cromwell in the UK)?
This is where my suggestion of putting contentious statues in a museum, comes in.
...apart desecrating one of the most fabulous developments in British architecture - Grainger Town, which has 450 building of which 244 are listed - 29 are Grade I....
I'm only talking about statues of
people, or otherwise offensive symbols such as swastikas*. Not architecture!
I'm an alumnus of Oriel College Oxford, so I have a sort of 'interest' in the Rhodes statue. Part of the college buildings are also called the Rhodes building, and one of the quads is called the Rhodes Quad. I wouldn't be calling for those to be demolished or dug up! But I see no reason why the statue of Rhodes, which is only visible from the High, shouldn't be replaced with something a bit more appropriate, without destroying the character of the building. Yes, move that statue to a museum...
*We saw several Hindu temples adorned with swastikas, when we visited Indonesia. But they're of course totally unconnected with nazism.