Tiggerblue - In my view, the comparison of Jimmy Savile's monuments to the monuments of slavers is entirely bogus.
You cannot possibly equate the behaviour of historical figures profiting from slavery, with the abuse of adults and children within the last twenty years.
When Colson et al were profiting from slavery, slavery was an accepted part of life at the time, and intrinsic part of the world economy.
Now it is quite rightly seen for the evil it was - but to try and inflict 21 cenrtury thinking on 17th century history is absolutely pointless.
Slavery was an evil thing, and no-one would suggest for a moment that it was anything else.
But the statues of Colston and so on are not erected to celebrate and laud their trafficking in human misery - if they were, their removal would be entirely appropriate.
It is their philanthropy and generosity that was celebrated at the time, not their slavery, even though, as I have said, that was considered as normal as trading in tea and coffee etc.
So to compare that with the undiluted evil that was Jimmy Savile, who committed such heinous acts that were never ever acceptable in civilised society, even when slavery was normal, is making a comparison that simply does not bear scrutiny.
If, as a modern society, we are questioning the correctness of keeping statues of people who are commemorated for their generosity, even though that generosity was funded by practices that are not longer acceptable, then that is absolutely fine, that is how society progresses and evolves.
But that means discussion and agreement of the way forward, and the removal of such statues by common consent.
It does not mean the wanton vandalism of a mob of self-obsessed idiots who think they invented the word 'injustice' and that they are the first people to feel passionate about the ill-treatment of others.
That is not how society works, nor should it.
It is a supreme irony, missed entirely by the author of the piece in your link, that all Savile's commemorations were quietly removed, and not torn down by a screaming mob, even though they would have had an entirely just cause for such action.