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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
A history on when and how these statues were erected would tell you that this argument is a silly one. These statues were Mass produced for the most part
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It was a general statement, even qualified with a "sometimes".
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's possible we weigh each act of removal on its own merits, no?
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I'm not saying that we can't. I'm saying that we should verify that the whatever case we make to remove these statues doesn't also create problems for more desirable objects. Far too often arguments are made that superficially appeal to "common sense" but aren't actually sound because the logic is not taken to it's conclusion (i.e.: "we should have A, because it gives us B and B is great", ignoring that A also leads to C and C is bad, and sometimes a deal-breaker). I'm not saying that the downsides to this are insurmountable, but creating a sound dividing line for what should be removed and what shouldn't is not trivially easy. At least not to me. And thus, going down this path will create issues. But that's not to say it won't be worth it.