William Crowther: A severed statue divides an Australian city (www.bbc.com)
from girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 15 Sep 19:32
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For months, an unusual monument sat in an oak-lined square at the heart of Tasmania’s capital: a pair of severed bronze feet.

A statue of renowned surgeon-turned-premier William Crowther had loomed over the park in Hobart for more than a century. But one evening in May, it was chopped down at the ankles and the words “what goes around” graffitied on its sandstone base.

It was a throwback to another night more than 150 years ago, when Crowther allegedly broke into a morgue, sliced open an Aboriginal leader’s head and stole his skull - triggering a grim tussle over the remaining body parts.

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 15 Sep 19:45 collapse

Those who would deny another’s bodily integrity, do not deserve monuments with bodily integrity.

Put plainly: He cut that man up, so his statue deserves no less.