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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The Famous Five were champion of eugenics, and supported legislation that saw thousands of indigenous women, “imbeciles,” etc. sterilized. Do we change the names of all the schools named after Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, and the rest of the Famous Five? Close the Famous Five Centre at Heritage Park?
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Yeah, cool, let’s do it.
Any Nellie McClung stans gonna lose it if we change the name of a school? I know this means that for many people like Cliff, whose education was wholly dependent on the names of buildings and structures and some statues, they will disappear into the annals of history, but that’s a sacrifice we’re willing to make.
Honestly imagine thinking “WHAT ABOUT THE NAME OF THIS OTHER SCHOOL?” is a compelling argument?
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
We have to be careful about renaming stuff and history, Although I have no problem with removing Langevin School. It probably should have been removed when the bridge was renamed.
But careful because this is a time machine that only goes one way. You can go back and judge people back then using today's standards, but that person back then never gets the opportunity to change his/her behavior using today's standards.
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No we don’t. We don’t have to be careful about it at all. What’s the consequence? That a school’s name is changed? Well, the unspeakable horror of that might be too much to handle, I guess.