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I hate to break it to you, man, but it's human nature. Maybe it's happening faster than normal now, because we are all so connected, so societal decisions can take place more rapidly, in terms of what is and is not acceptable right now, but if you think this is a new phenomenon, why aren't we burning witches at the stake? Why don't have gladiators in arenas killing each other for our enjoyment? Why are women allowed to vote? Why are we about to legalize pot? Things are acceptable (or unacceptable) until enough people think they are not. That's literally all it takes, that's literally all it's ever took.
Maybe it's Sir John A's time, maybe it's not, but eventually it will be. The Romans made excellent statues...which are mostly dust now...and a lot of those masterpieces were destroyed because they were offensive to what came after the Roman Empire. Nothing is permanent. I'm not going to get my blood pressure up because some guy that died a hundred or more years ago with a problematic history *might* have his name removed from schools. More important stuff to worry about, as I said.
This is the slippery slope of erasing the Canadian history and identity. These kind of people would want influences of Roman society removed because they had slaves and that might offend someone. They are erasing and rewriting history to suit them regardless of the actual facts.
Is ISIS right to destroy history because values and opinions changed?