The irony of holding court on Holding Court

All statues in the country which were duly commissioned by responsible people of the day should remain regardless of the emotions they instill. Defacing them is a crime against the society which placed them there. That Sir John is the focus of this debate is appropriate, being a symbol of democracy - yes, even with its flaws!

History cannot / must not be rewritten or that society loses its collective sense of direction. Through interaction in recent years with responsible indigenous people and a UA-Edmonton native studies course, I have been educated on the errors of our past and agree that promoting awareness is critical to our national identity. But without those points of reference, progress is irrelevant. Tearing up everything representing the path to where we are now is counterintuitive and a very slippery slope

Court must remain in session