| Erected in Bristol this morning 13:55 - Jul 15 with 22259 views | Drizzy |
This will upset a few.
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 14:51 - Jul 15 with 11820 views | felixstowe_jack |
How long before right or left wing anarchists dump it in bristol docks. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 15:08 - Jul 15 with 11804 views | londonlisa2001 |
Nah. It’s actual black people that were dumped in the sea, not statues of them.
The statue will be removed as it’s been put there without permission. But going forward, it would be lovely to think that a plinth previously used to celebrate a man who murdered thousands of black people could be used for an emancipation statue such as the one placed there temporarily.
A fitting conclusion. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 15:18 - Jul 15 with 11791 views | WarwickHunt |
Right wing anarchists? 
You. Stupid. Fücking. Cūnt. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 15:24 - Jul 15 with 11779 views | Ebo |
You do realise that anarchists are neither left or right? They hate politics | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 15:26 - Jul 15 with 11773 views | Highjack |
Weren’t Adidas done for using children to make their products in sweatshops? She’s clearly promoting slavery. Tear it down. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 16:47 - Jul 15 with 11733 views | felixstowe_jack |
Not sure he ever murdered one man let alone thousands. Talk about spreading fake news. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 16:49 - Jul 15 with 11728 views | felixstowe_jack |
Are you brain dead or what . Pity your mother never washed your mouth out for using vile language. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 17:26 - Jul 15 with 11705 views | londonlisa2001 |
He didn’t murder people in the way that Hitler didn’t murder people. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 17:39 - Jul 15 with 11694 views | felixstowe_jack |
Can I ask what you suggest we do with mosques in the UK?
The Arab/Muslim slave trade went on for over 1200 years only ending as recently as 1930. An estimated 100,000 slave a year were captured making a total of 125 million .
The UK part in the slave trade over a period of 200 years pales into insignificance compared to that. The UK was also instrumental in stopping the global slave trade. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 17:54 - Jul 15 with 11680 views | Highjack |
Yes and Tony Blair. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 17:58 - Jul 15 with 11672 views | Treforys_Jack |
Hmmm, thoughtful post. You're right of course. Then there are the people who go to pound shops for the bargains not realising they are more than likely supporting modern slavery. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:02 - Jul 15 with 11662 views | londonlisa2001 |
Not really. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:08 - Jul 15 with 11650 views | WarwickHunt |
Christ you’re thick... | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:11 - Jul 15 with 11643 views | felixstowe_jack |
No just rather more intelligent and better educated than you. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:13 - Jul 15 with 11641 views | WarwickHunt |
Yeah - that’ll be it. Fûcking dolt. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:14 - Jul 15 with 11635 views | felixstowe_jack |
Are you really comparing Hilter to Colston.? Hitler was in charge and order his forces to commit war crimes.
Colston owned share in company that traded slaves. By you logic anyone who has a private pension or has life insurance is also guilty of murder as they all share in tobacco and arms companies responsible for 100s of millions of deaths. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:18 - Jul 15 with 11634 views | Lohengrin |
There was one who began on the Right(ish) end of the spectrum. Have you read Stuart Christie’s autobiography, mate?
A former member of the Orange Order who travelled to Madrid to help assassinate Franco in 1964. A farcical affair, he was picked up almost as soon as he arrived. Sentenced to life he served just three years before being released in an apparent nod by the Spanish authorities to NATO and the Common Market.
He later went on to be at the centre of the Angry Brigade campaign in the ‘70s and public enemy number one for the security services. He was quite famous/infamous for a spell.
It’s a rollicking good read. He’s got a good sense of the ridiculous and a lively sense of humour to match it.
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:18 - Jul 15 with 11634 views | Treforys_Jack |
Lisa is entrenched in her views your entrenched in yours, no matter what evidence or argument either of you raise, neither of you will budge a millimetre. | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:21 - Jul 15 with 11629 views | felixstowe_jack |
You are probably right I just think the people of bristol should have decided not mob rule. | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:25 - Jul 15 with 11626 views | Treforys_Jack |
I totally agree but from what I understand , many representations had been made for the removal, with no movement and a feeling of being fobbed off . They then took advantage of the situation. Personally I think there should be local referendums on such issues [Post edited 15 Jul 2020 18:29]
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:35 - Jul 15 with 11610 views | Highjack |
Right... | |
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 18:43 - Jul 15 with 11603 views | WarwickHunt |
Not read that. Sounds a hoot...
If I gave her the wool would she make me one? | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 19:02 - Jul 15 with 11591 views | Lohengrin |
Two week lead time...
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| Erected in Bristol this morning on 19:03 - Jul 15 with 11589 views | londonlisa2001 |
Owned shares in a company that traded slaves?
Don’t be such an apologist.
“ In his mid-40s, Colston became prominently involved in Britain’s sole official slaving company at the time, the Royal African Company (RAC). Colston served the company for a dozen years (1680-1692) as a major investor, manager and deputy governor. During this time, 84,500 enslaved Africans were transported on RAC ships, with 23% dying before reaching shore (19,300). This included women and children as young as six — each enslaved person was branded with the company’s initials on their chest. To maximise profit, the ships hulls were divided into holds with little headroom, so they could transport as many enslaved people as possible. The unhygienic conditions, dehydration, dysentery and scurvy killed nearly 20,000 enslaved Africans during the crossings. Their bodies were thrown overboard. 12,209 of the captives were children of 10 years or below. 1 in 4 children died en route. Archival research by Reverend Wilkins in the 1920s showed that Colston served actively on all of the major managing committees of the RAC. He left the company just before its gradual financial decline.
Contrary to popular belief, this was not the end of Colston’s involvement in slavery. As an MP in his 70s, Colston petitioned Parliament for the expansion of the ‘slave-trade’, and in Colston’s final years he became a commissioner and major investor in the slave-trading South Seas Company (SSC). It is estimated that he was involved in the SSC from roughly 1714-1720. During this time the SSC transported 15,931 Africans, with nearly 1 in 5 dying en route (around 2,980.)” | | | |
| Erected in Bristol this morning on 19:05 - Jul 15 with 11582 views | londonlisa2001 |
I’m absolutely entrenched in the idea that a mass murderer shouldn’t be celebrated with a statue, you’re quite correct.
There is no evidence that will make me think ‘ah well, perhaps he wasn’t too bad then’. | | | |
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