How about this? We leave the Confederate statues up, but we put a plaque on each of them that says, "This is a reminder that we used to think it was okay for some people to own other people. And the people who insist that they are just trying to preserve history seem to be weirdly protective of this particular part of history."
Deal?
A modest proposal
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Re: A modest proposal
elwoodblues wrote:How about this? We leave the Confederate statues up, but we put a plaque on each of them that says, "This is a reminder that we used to think it was okay for some people to own other people. And the people who insist that they are just trying to preserve history seem to be weirdly protective of this particular part of history."
Deal?
Shouldn't a modest proposal involve eating the statues?
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Re: A modest proposal
littlebeast13 wrote:elwoodblues wrote:How about this? We leave the Confederate statues up, but we put a plaque on each of them that says, "This is a reminder that we used to think it was okay for some people to own other people. And the people who insist that they are just trying to preserve history seem to be weirdly protective of this particular part of history."
Deal?
Shouldn't a modest proposal involve eating the statues?
lb13
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BackInTex
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Re: A modest proposal
As long as they serve them with white gravy, not brown.littlebeast13 wrote:
Shouldn't a modest proposal involve eating the statues?
lb13
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The pigeons say that's not gravy.BackInTex wrote:As long as they serve them with white gravy, not brown.littlebeast13 wrote:
Shouldn't a modest proposal involve eating the statues?
lb13
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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BackInTex
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Re: A modest proposal
You'll need something a little more acidic than the Cracker Barrel's gravey to help digest the bronze. So the pigeons' help will be needed.Bob Juch wrote: The pigeons say that's not gravy.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: A modest proposal
I think the first sentence of your proposed language would be a great idea.elwoodblues wrote:How about this? We leave the Confederate statues up, but we put a plaque on each of them that says, "This is a reminder that we used to think it was okay for some people to own other people. And the people who insist that they are just trying to preserve history seem to be weirdly protective of this particular part of history."
Deal?
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