Submitted on Wednesday 17th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 22nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal to remove historical statues/art without government permission.
I would like the government to place protected status on all historical statues, monuments, artifacts and art whether they are mounted inside buildings or in the open air. I would like the protection to include their removal without the explicit permission of central government.
Removing historical Items is wrong. The world is full of historical images and statues that feature not too pleasant scenes, some depicting violence, sexual and race inequality. Removing these does not teach tolerance, it only causes division.
The only way to teach about history is by making the information readily available. I believe that it would be better to place information plaques next to each statue, monument or piece of art giving information about the what they stood for GOOD and BAD.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814
Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545
Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361
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