tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045313027155928499.post3810786109059343131..comments2023-02-18T18:18:52.725+02:00Comments on Repair (Heal) Your World: Rhodes University Name Change DiscussionDavid Lipschitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552017391450620612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045313027155928499.post-16359508119730966122015-03-21T08:01:12.568+02:002015-03-21T08:01:12.568+02:00Some people want Rhodes' Statue to be removed ...Some people want Rhodes' Statue to be removed from UCT and Rhodes University's name to be changed.<br /><br />Rhodes might have been a "bad" man, but he used his money to found two great universities, a Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Memorial for people to play and think at, Rondebosch Common so that people would have an urban lung and a country was named after him, amongst other good things.<br /><br />Many universities around the world have been founded by "bad" people, such as oil magnates, steel barons, railroad tycoons, kings and queens, etc.<br /><br />IMHO, we need to keep the past where it is, lest we repeat it because we have forgotten about it! Put up new statues of our new leaders on University Avenue at UCT. People can congregate around them and they can be used, like the Rhodes statue to create ongoing debate and discussion, rather than stifling it and causing us to move more and more into a ruthless dog eat dog society.David Lipschitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552017391450620612noreply@blogger.com