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And now the statue is in the skip https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/16/bristol-statue-black-lives-matter-protester-removed/ good.
Why is it good exactly?
And now the statue is in the skip https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/16/bristol-statue-black-lives-matter-protester-removed/ good.
The memorial to Guy Gibson`s dog "Nigga" at RAF Scampton has been replaced.
"Nigga" is now "A Black Labrador Dog Mascot" of Guy Gibson.
A man who fought for the very freedoms we enjoy now has part of his story erased.
Yes "its only a dog" but it is the very erosion of history that will not stop until nobody is offended and we have no history.
Seems valid to me. That was not a kind term to use at the point he named the dog. The name is slightly different than how you've typed it in your post. I'm assuming because if you spelt it correctly, it would be censored by the forum rules. You know, seeing as how its a very offensive term.
Sounds like from your post that they're just removing the name of the dog from the memorial.
Link?The memorial to Guy Gibson`s dog "Nigga" at RAF Scampton has been replaced.
"Nigga" is now "A Black Labrador Dog Mascot" of Guy Gibson.
A man who fought for the very freedoms we enjoy now has part of his story erased.
Yes "its only a dog" but it is the very erosion of history that will not stop until nobody is offended and we have no history.
It's where it should be. to be honest its more fitting than the harbour than where the other one ended. It wasn't commissioned by the council and fly tipped on their property off it goes it's just annoying taxpayers money was needed to dispose of it. We know the artist send him the bill.Why is it good exactly?
Same goes for that Banksy t**t who was covering a train carriage in graffiti.it's just annoying taxpayers money was needed to dispose of it. We know the artist send him the bill.
Link?
Ah OK, thanks, explains why I couldn't find a story, expected at least a Daily Mail article. They will pick it up before long I guess...Was on the memorial masons page on FB, company called Draper Memorials in Lincolnshire........... it wasn`t going well for them.
They have since deleted the images and the discussion.
So folk have now moved to other posts that can be commented on!
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I'm hardly a snowflaky leftie, but it was "only a dog" and one with a name that is universally acknowledged as offensive. If Mother Teresa had a dog called c*nt then that would rightly be frowned upon now without losing the historical relevance of Guy Gibson or Mummy T!
Were you this outraged in 2011...The dog was the squadron mascot, named at the time, but inextricably linked with the Dambusters.
Hardly anyone can name the dam`s, remember the names of those who died, but most can name Barnes Wallis, Guy Gibson and "the dog".
Now I will whole heartedly agree it is now universally acknowledged as offensive but we are 80 years down the line.
It doesn`t mean it "never happened" and equally doesn`t mean it should be repeated now out of context.
however from those small acorns large Oaks grow............. what next?
Things that might offend the Germans based on WW1 or WW2?
Bomber Harris gets a torrid time for Dresden et al.......... wipe them from the history books?
Where will it stop?
Trolls slam mom who was shot dead after saying: 'All lives matter'
Jessica Doty Whitaker, 24, was killed early on the morning of July 5, moments after she and her friends got into an argument with Black Lives Matter supporters in a park in Indianapolis.www.dailymail.co.uk
The dog was the squadron mascot, named at the time, but inextricably linked with the Dambusters.
Hardly anyone can name the dam`s, remember the names of those who died, but most can name Barnes Wallis, Guy Gibson and "the dog".
Now I will whole heartedly agree it is now universally acknowledged as offensive but we are 80 years down the line.
It doesn`t mean it "never happened" and equally doesn`t mean it should be repeated now out of context.
however from those small acorns large Oaks grow............. what next?
Things that might offend the Germans based on WW1 or WW2?
Bomber Harris gets a torrid time for Dresden et al.......... wipe them from the history books?
Where will it stop?
The council made the right call.Why is it good exactly?
Were you this outraged in 2011...
Dam Busters dog renamed for movie remake
The name of the Dam Busters dog is being changed for a remake of the classic 1955 war film, it emerges.www.bbc.co.uk
... Or are you just going a bit Gammon (?) about it now?
It's where it should be. to be honest its more fitting than the harbour than where the other one ended. It wasn't commissioned by the council and fly tipped on their property off it goes it's just annoying taxpayers money was needed to dispose of it. We know the artist send him the bill.
Absolutely agree send that Muppet the bill too.Same goes for that Banksy t**t who was covering a train carriage in graffiti.
The story could have been told and celebrated without any reference to the dog (or it's name) and you would lose nothing.
How many historical stories over the last 80 years reference the pets of those involved?
And now the statue is in the skip https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/16/bristol-statue-black-lives-matter-protester-removed/ good.