Originally Posted by
sabang
It's very clearly censorship- removing what was on display in a public park for many years, because it ostensibly 'offends' some people. What of the people it doesn't offend, such as people who met or courted their future wife there, walked there dog there, played there as a kid, whatever? What of the people who didn't even know who the statue was of, who or what he was, and frankly couldn't give a rats- it was just a very nice public space with a nice statue, that's all. Do they have a right to speak too, or is it only the 'offended' that can decide what is permissible these days for the rest us to be allowed to still see? Were they even consulted?
FFS, you said yourself- it's a statue, not recorded history. It may mean several different things to different people, like so what.