Rhodes must not fall: poll

[BusinessTech]

Rhodes must not fall: poll

Six out of ten British people say that a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University should not be taken down, as requested by South African student, Ntokozo Qwabe.

 

[konfab]

Whilst I agree with the outcome, a sample size of 1733 is not really significant in a population of 64 million.
Also obligatory reading on the matter:
http://imagineathena.com/rhodes-must-fall-teaches-us-to-hide-from-history-rather-than-confront-it/

 

[dualmeister]

Imagine a foreigner comes to your country and tells you what you show be doing in your own country.

lol's @ Ntokozo

 

[C4Cat]

Imagine a foreigner comes to your country and tells you what you show be doing in your own country.

lol's @ Ntokozo

We don't have to imagine it, do we? Never heard of colonialism?

 

[Nerfherder]

The self loathing martyrdom of this current generation is hilarious.

We will look back on their achievements and it will be a pile of torn down statues.

 

[blah99]

We don't have to imagine it, do we? Never heard of colonialism?

You can imagine something that happened hundreds of years ago?

 

[The_Assimilator]

This is akin to Brits in SA protesting that statues of Shaka must be torn down. But that will never happen, of course, because (a) the British aren't burdened with a crippling sense of self-entitlement and (b) it would be racist.

 

[ellyally]

One out of ten British people say that a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University should be taken down, as requested by South African student, Ntokozo Qwabe.

 

[noxibox]

because (a) the British aren't burdened with a crippling sense of self-entitlement

Many in the UK would disagree.

Imagine a foreigner comes to your country and tells you what you show be doing in your own country.

lol's @ Ntokozo

History is full of examples of foreigner doing exactly that.

 

[C4Cat]

This is akin to Brits in SA protesting that statues of Shaka must be torn down. But that will never happen, of course, because (a) the British aren't burdened with a crippling sense of self-entitlement and (b) it would be racist.

Really, I didn't realise the British were victims of exploitation and oppression from Shaka.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

This is akin to Brits in SA protesting that statues of Shaka must be torn down. But that will never happen, of course, because (a) the British aren't burdened with a crippling sense of self-entitlement and (b) it would be racist.

Shaka colonised Britain? Impressive!

 

[ISP cash cow]

Really, I didn't realise the British were victims of exploitation and oppression from Shaka.

C4Cat must be RZA.

Only he could come up with such retarded analogies

 

[C4Cat]

C4Cat must be RZA.

Only he could come up with such retarded analogies

:erm: I don't know who rza is but it was The_Assimilator who made the analogy - I was just responding to it

 

[DreamKing]

britons are racists.

come back to your beloved rainbow nation. many universities are waiting for you.