@Tiger5150 said in [Politics Super Thread \- keep it all in here](/post/1247621) said:@TrueTiger said in [Politics Super Thread \- keep it all in here](/post/1247620) said:After reading some of the news in America and how some states and cities are compounding and being destroyed by destructive thugs,I dare say whoever is the peoples elect,irrespective either Biden or Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon,there will be a huge mess to clean and a country to sort out....
I still cant believe how freely damage is done to established icons such as a statue of C.Columbus,torn down after being there for years,what does it prove by tearing it down,history is there for all to see,destruction only creates anymosity...
Statues are emblematic of the institutions that they are seeking to tear down to rebuild something else in their place.
Statues are also a reminder of the past that we shouldn't forget. What I mean is, you don't tear down a statue because we no longer agree with the way that person conducted themselves or contributed to society. You keep it somewhere, in a prominent place as a reminder of the evils of the past. A bit like Adolf Hitler. You don't keep his statue in place, but you relocate or replace it with something that is a reminder.
If you don't remember the past, you are condemned to make the same mistakes int he future.