Mob Rule

[Theblip]

Have we now got to the point where mobs (however well-informed most of them really are) decide which historical figures are allowed to be commemorated by statues, road and building names, etc, and which should now be obliterated? If that is the case, where will it end? Gawd help this nation now unless the government gets a seriously strong grip

[Bobbisox1]

Gromit ,or better still
ALL LIVES MATER ??

[TheChair]

Nice one Gromit. I don't suppose it wil do much to calm the hysteria here on AB though. :-)

[gulliver1]

Can't help thinking about the Pensioner standing outside HOC with a Board saying "Give Us Our Country Back" during the Brexit Demos .
Now there is talk of removing Churchills Statue. Which is everything British.
Boris" Get a Grip "

[AuntPollyGrey]

This needs nipping in the bud before totally anarchy starts and we have a 'Situation'. Personally, although I wasn't there, I don't think it was a minority that started the violence. It is Mob hysterics, which unfortunately is seen a lot all over the world in countries predominantly Black, so its nothing to do with racism, its how these people react to something they don't like. If this sounds racist well its not. A middle class person might right a letter to the Times, a miner may go on a march - its just how different classes and creeds of people are hard wired to behave. If this happens again, the authorities should take stiffer measures such as water cannons and even plastic bullets -they did that in Northern Ireland, but of course that was different times and the protestors were not BAME.

[Deskdiary]

The only hysteria, TheChair, has been from the morons who attended the protests.

I haven’t seen any evidence of ‘hysteria’ on AB - perhaps you could point it out.

[TheWholeTruth]

^ "so its nothing to do with racism, its how these people react to something they don't like. If this sounds racist well its not. "

exactly...its the nature of the beast

[woofgang]

"It is Mob hysterics, which unfortunately is seen a lot all over the world in countries predominantly Black, so its nothing to do with racism"

of course white folks never riot.......

[woofgang]

"^ "so its nothing to do with racism, its how these people react to something they don't like. If this sounds racist well its not. "

"exactly...its the nature of the beast"


can you hear yourselves?

[1ozzy]

//WHITE
STATUES
MATTER//

I suggested a peaceful riot earlier, oh well, put the walking sticks away and whinge on AB instead.

[jno]

people should try walking into a children's cancer ward and announcing "ADULTS MATTER TOO!"

[vulcan42]

woofgang, "the nature of the beast" is an accepted expression, it doesn't mean what you appear to think it means.
An example from a dictionary.
Unfortunately, exhaustion is just the nature of the beast when you're a new parent.

[Deskdiary]

Blimey jno, are you competing with yourself for today’s most absurd post award?

[allenlondon]

Put the statues in museums.

Nobody denies that (eg) Cecil Rhodes or Baden Powell were significant figures in British history. So move their statues to museums, accompanied by a plaque detailing their achievements and crimes.

[Ken4155]

"The statue should be replaced on it's plinth." What, so they can rip it down again? Chumbawumba spring to mind.
Retro; from The Independent, 22 June 2014; 56% wanted the statue to stay, 44% wanted rid. A few more than your 2%:-/

[jno]

you really don't do analogy, do you, Deskdiary?

[fiction-factory]

It's a poor analogy to me, jno

[Deskdiary]

It’s an incredibly poor, and absurd, analogy.

[1ozzy]

//If this happens again, the authorities should take stiffer measures such as water cannons and even plastic bullets -they did that in Northern Ireland, but of course that was different times and the protestors were not BAME.//

Sort of like diffusing a situation Aunt Polly?

[woofgang]

vulcan, in these circumstances its an incredibly poorly chosen expression....but I guess you knew that too.

[Gromit]

1ozzy
// stiffer measures such as water cannons and even plastic bullets //

It worked in Northern Ireland, so why can’t it work here. It did resolve everything and brought peace to the province by quelling protest by force.