I have been saying for years that secularist and Isis have much in common. Anyone who can't see that is totally blind. The promoters of porn in the name of free speech are the same degenerates pulling down statues of people whose characters were generally had far more good character than todays regressives.

"history is written by the victors"

Often said...rarely true. Just something people say to sound erudite.

The plaques on statues aren't meant to be a biography of the subject. Its merely an identifier. The plaque is bit like a headstone. The trouble is that for many people, anything over the twitter 280 character limit is too much to handle so they want a plaque to tell them what to think. IF they want a full history then perhaps include the relevant Wikipedia QR code on the plaque!

We think of ourselves as so much more sophisticated than our ancestors. Yet behind all this is the primitive thought that the statue somehow captures the essence of the original person and that desecrating the statue affects the man.....who's dead and couldn't give a damn.

Mr O,

Ballarat's avenue of former Prime Ministers celebrates
them all regardless of their politics and it is a key
part of our history as a nation.

Therefore Mr Howard and Mr Abbott having been two of our
former PMs had to be included.

Hi Steele,

It actually did not occur to me that our two former PMs
could be earmarked because of their support of Cardinal
Pell. But what you're saying does make sense considering
the sad history of Ballarat's child abuse.

Josephus,

I'm not aware of any "Marxist political agenda" for the
removal of monuments. Also totalitarian regimes as history
has shown are usually big on keeping memorials (and military
parades). They like having exhibits of power. So as a
general rule they retain their monuments not remove them.
It's their victims that want the monuments removed.

Is Mise,

You're comparing the protesters with ISIS?

That's interesting.

"Science flies you to the moon.
Religion flies you into buildings".

runner,

Hope is a critical virtue of Christian life.
The one who has hope lives differently.
Hope encourages us to act as though there
is more to life than meets the eye.
This is a call that many can hardly bear to hear.
We can but live in hope that some of us do.

Foxy,

No probs!

But still nothing stopping someone from putting SCUMBAG LAWYER at the foot of their statues.

"history is written by the victors"
mhaze,
Lately, history is edited by those who cannot accept it when it's contrary to their indoctrination !

Foxy,

ISIS destroyed statues because they saw them as profane and forbidden by Muhammad and as they were destroying in the belief that the destruction was in accord with the will of God then there is no comparison with protesters whose agenda is political.