Although I was aware, from far away, of a controversy over Cecil's image, the simple statement "Rhodes must fall" out of context made me think of something from Classical history, like "Carthage must be destroyed."
What the US equivalent has taught me is that the iconicity of statutes is way overrated. Still, we still have those famous scholarships named for Rhodes, and is anyone planning on doing anything about that?
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Date: 2017-08-18 08:52 am (UTC)What the US equivalent has taught me is that the iconicity of statutes is way overrated. Still, we still have those famous scholarships named for Rhodes, and is anyone planning on doing anything about that?