by proper Plymothian Chris Dawson

At the end of the day SFD was a Tavi lad and Chris is a Plymstock Bey.

No doubt this subject will bring out a RANGE of opinions

Biggs wrote: I think in this case it's more cut and dry towards keeping it. He wasn't predominantly known for being a slave trader, he was predominantly known for bowls, beating the Spanish Armada and circumventing the globe. Aware he's regarded rather less favourably in the Hispanic world, but I think even globally a very big videogame series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted has overtaken that.
You'd have to rip apart much of the story of Plymouth if you took that statue down, and obviously rename Drake Circus and Drake's Island too.
Step too far IMO.
Cult Of Personality wrote: Think the updated plaque is the right move. We should try to educate as many people as possible about the good and bad stuff that us the British have done through the years.
derbyshire_pilgrim wrote: I am against the pulling down of statues but I am completely for education. Do not pull the statues down but put the real history on a board/plaque beside them. Tell people about what they did and get people to learn from it. Removing the history removes the chance to learn about the past.
oldage wrote: I cannot see what harm the statue is doing.It has been there for many years without comment but suddenly there is a completely OTT reaction. There is no place for racism today but you cannot rewrite history.
Balham_Green wrote:derbyshire_pilgrim wrote: I am against the pulling down of statues but I am completely for education. Do not pull the statues down but put the real history on a board/plaque beside them. Tell people about what they did and get people to learn from it. Removing the history removes the chance to learn about the past.
So there should be a statue of Hitler then.? Pol Pot perhaps. Stalin as well. Gaddafi? Saddam Hussein?
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