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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
...And while I'm not exactly worried about some outlandish slippery slope scenario where we see all remnants of European expansion into NA wiped away in the name of political correctness, it does make me wonder where I would draw the line. I think I'm ok with removing this statue but what about other historical figures? Should we rename the Cabot trail in Cape Breton? Should we rename provincial parks, cities, buildings, schools?
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This kind of thing is already taking place
en masse. Mt. McKinley in Alaska was renamed Denali. All along the Sea-to-Sky Highway place names on the road signs now appear in English, and along with their Squamish and Lilwat designations.
Like I said: take all the statues down, for all I care. There are other ways by which we can commemorate our past and its actors—why must we do so in the forms of effigy?