churchill tribute too shocking for norwich!

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a statue portraying winston churchill in a straight-jacket was removed after complaints were received that the sculpture was in "bad taste."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... altop.html

the statue was meant to represent churchill's personal struggle with mental illness and to deliver the message that people with mental health problems are capable of contributing to society. the straight-jacket was meant to symbolise "the stigma which restricted many mentally ill people."

i am disappointed that the statue was removed. it could've been worse - they could've represented mental illness the same way as the writers of blackadder did: pencils up his nostrils and a pair of pants on his head.

.....and all of this shocking controversy happened in my own home town of sleepy, little norwich. i'm scared to leave my home in case they've got the riot police out!

I heared it on the radio this morning, i can understand where they are coming from with saying that it was insulting to Churchhill and representing the stigma which restricts many mentally ill people.
I think that it should have been left up due to the fact that it was made with the intension of symbolysing churchill's strugles and that of all other non-NT's.
Oh well...

I prefer the interpretation of churchill from the may day riots a few years ago where someone gave his statute in London a Mohawk

Storm in a teacup issue.

instead of messing about with statues they could have area-bombarded residential Germany with anthrax. After all, its what he would have wanted.

OR

simply eradicate some 'uncivilized tribes' like the Kurds with that hallmark of post-war civility - mustard gas. After all, thats what he did.

On second thoughts - the straight jacket will do just nicely

I stole it. Shh.

You think I could buy it.

Even I do suffer depression for 20 plus years in My Life. Depression should be taken more seriously. Even Churchill I think might have approved.

Oh well then it does make a good statement though about depression I think.

i think that the message they're trying to give is that - as many people attribute the outcome of WWII to churchill - what would the present day be like if he had been institutionalised for his mental illness? and, also, what things could other mentally ill people have achieved, had they not been discriminated against?

too bad the statue got taken down but maybe it'll inspire other groups to do similar kind of projects with more long term goals in mind (it would be really good if a statue like that was erected permanently). campaign group rethink who organised the unveiling of the winston churchill statue have this written on their site..... it makes a strong argument why stigma and discrimination against mentally ill people is everyone's loss, not just the mentally ill people's:-

i've just realised, that last statement may have made me sound like a bit of a churchill enthusiast (it was meant to be an example of what another person might think).