LETTER: Forget your past and you have no future
It is hypocritical of any government to try to pick and choose which historical figures should be censured, erased or removed
25 June 2020 - 17:26
In this febrile atmosphere, where political intolerance and ranting are king, history good or bad should not be eradicated or whitewashed (no pun intended). Our history is not a blank page on which we can write our own version of what should have been, according to our contemporary views and prejudice.
It is hypocritical of any government to try to pick and choose which historical figures should be censured, erased or removed with such convoluted reasoning. How about stopping the grovelling to the ignorance of the mob? How about rejecting censorship in any form?..
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