tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552327.post6730728464201191926..comments2024-02-27T10:09:54.105+01:00Comments on brittany: the mirror of landscape: The bridge that has lost its name.....WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538232588833342802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552327.post-31872435662096698532020-06-15T01:21:20.087+02:002020-06-15T01:21:20.087+02:00Thanks, Candy. I have mixed feelings about the sta...Thanks, Candy. I have mixed feelings about the statue issue, but the poor little bridge has done nothing to deserve its suppression and it is a contemporary thing, still alive in the sense of carrying out its original function as well as ever.WMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538232588833342802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552327.post-89343090517797735122020-06-13T09:12:21.370+02:002020-06-13T09:12:21.370+02:00Something similar is happening in the UK with the ...Something similar is happening in the UK with the removal of various statues and plaques. Sir Francis Baring made a lot of money, including from the slave trade. Removing a plaque on his former home in SE LOndon does not change that fact, but it may remove the memory of it. And once you have forgotten will anything have changed at all? Will modern slavery have been vanquished? What will have been gained?Candyhttps://londontraveller.org/category/home/noreply@blogger.com