Let’s not cancel Nelson

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Sadly or not, we live in a cancel culture age.

This piece in Saturday’s times, published just before tomorrow’s anniversary of the Admiral’s great victory of 1805, argues very forcibly that Nelson was (and and should remain) Britain’s finest fighting man.

Nelson’s Column must not fall! In defence of Horatio

www.thetimes.com

Nelson’s Column must not fall! In defence of Horatio

Don’t cancel the victor of Trafalgar. Fired by a sense of his own destiny, the great naval hero became one of the most remarkable men in history
www.thetimes.com www.thetimes.com
 
Wapping said:
Sadly or not, we live in a cancel culture age.

Nelson’s Column must not fall! In defence of Horatio
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Quite frankly this "I'm Offended Culture"

should be greeted with

I do NOT give a Shit!!

Now Fuck off somewhere else and when you get there ???

FUCK off some more!! etc etc etc Repeat as Necessary!

A bit like the People, that have waded through many many many Euro countries to get here

Remove the incentive and the "Invasion" will either slow down or stop!

#GrumpyAsFuck Got stuck with a 7 day 05:00 to 13:00 shift that was never supposed to happen!!
 
I wasn't aware that anyone was proposing that Nelson be "cancelled"? Nor does the author of the piece refer to any such attempts. He does refer to his book on Nelson though so forgive me if I become a tad cynical about the purpose of the article. :augie
 
The author of The Times article is probably getting in first, before the twats from the woke brigade decide that’s their next “battle” to topple him from a column in London?
Just sayin’…… :augie

There’s always one cynic around. :doris
 
Posh Pete said:
I wasn't aware that anyone was proposing that Nelson be "cancelled"?
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He was from Norfolk after all…

Posh Pete said:
Nor does the author of the piece refer to any such attempts.
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Actually does, a few paragraphs in.
Mentions it, doesn’t link it.
amp.theguardian.com

Toppling statues? Here’s why Nelson’s column should be next | Afua Hirsch

The US is arguing over whether to tear down slavery-era monuments. Britain should be too, says writer Afua Hirsch
amp.theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com

Both journalists are playing the game.
 
er-minio said:
He was from Norfolk after all…



Actually does, a few paragraphs in.
Mentions it, doesn’t link it.
amp.theguardian.com

Toppling statues? Here’s why Nelson’s column should be next | Afua Hirsch

The US is arguing over whether to tear down slavery-era monuments. Britain should be too, says writer Afua Hirsch
amp.theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com

Both journalists are playing the game.
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that article is 7 years old so Mr Sandbrook is clutching at straws to find evidence for his attempt to drum up a moral panic to promote his Xmas gifted coffee table ornament for the puce faced Times readers.
 
I do agree with that. Hence why I added my comment on them (both) playing the game.

But he does mention her.

I didn’t really go through her body of work, but I can assume (based on that Guardian article) that in her recent book - given the title - she might touch the topic. :D
 
er-minio said:
Both journalists are playing the game.
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wessie said:
that article is 7 years old so Mr Sandbrook is clutching at straws to find evidence for his attempt to drum up a moral panic to promote his Xmas gifted coffee table ornament for the puce faced Times readers.
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Exactly. This kind of wind up journalism/false history is the bane of the media.

I watched 5 minutes of a prog on C4 last night before switching it off. Not because of any intrinsic problem with the content (segregation of black US troops in WW2 and resulting violence) but because of the way it was delivered by a young black woman (all good) who made statements designed to provoke angry argument rather than informed understanding.

For example, she said or implied re Churchill that he would have been surprised to see her (a black woman) presenting a TV programme. Now Churchill's racial beliefs and prejudices are worthy of a programme to themselves and should not be crudely written off in such a manner.

So the problem is not "cancel culture" it's the dumbing down of the media which wants to simplify complex issues and boil them down to the level of memes on X or Facebook.
 
I think its fine to look back at history through the lens of the present day.....it means we usually learn something. But ignoring (Cancelling) that history, or worse still trying to change or rewrite it by imposing current societal norms seems a bit mad. You enjoy your Trafalgar night night your Lordship (y) I might even raise a glass to the Bard (and my late Mum) on the 25th of January who shared a birthday and Lowland Scots names. :D
 
If the woke, white shaming anti-slavery brigade want to deface or remove Nelson, perhaps they should read up on the Royal Navy’s involvement in defeating the slave trade.


Chasing Freedom: the Royal Navy and the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade, an exhibition review

A review of the exhibition 'Chasing Freedom: the Royal Navy and the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade', from 1807 Commemorated: the Institute of Historical Research and the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past, University of York
archives.history.ac.uk
 
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