09-12-2019, 12:10 PM
(09-12-2019, 12:04 PM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Don’t have a problem at all with the statue and the symbolism of but I think that it could have been held back until the heat is right out of the discussion. It would have been like creating the Nicky Winmar statue 6 months after his controversial stand. This would have been a lot more appropriate as a 10 year anniversary symbol after AFLW was well and truly entrenched. Just a bit too early.
Too early? You want to wait until the whole thing has died down and people have forgotten about it?
Strike while the iron is hot.
This is about change, and highlighting that, again, continues to push for change and build on the momentum that this whole incident started.
Its an iconic image that is full of momentum and should be used to further that momentum.
Waiting simply dilutes the cause.
