As Barbados remembers the horrors of the slave trade,as well we should,I think it is a pertinent time that all who have the power should do something about that ever present sore that remains in Bridgetown,in hero's square of all places.If there is one thing that history has taught us is that a racist is not a hero and for the 95% Africans in Barbados Horatio Nelson was more than a terrorist.A good place for that statue would be to the bottom of the wharf.
Barbadians don't like to speak their minds.Bajans are generally a very timid people.Oftentimes they tend to hide and say things because of the fear of victimization.Recently and I suspect for political reasons they have been an upsurge in weblogs,which although in existence for many years have proved an outlet in recent times for people who want to get their opinions across.I too have been tending to use weblogs a lot more frequently now. In the early days I did host my own weblog using a software program called geeklog but now I much prefer to have it hosted by Google.With their frequent updates and improvements they are the obvious choice,not mentioning the price of course.Which brings me to my point which is not a political point but just an observation and maybe just and opinion.I have not been happy with how the rescue operation in Brittons Hill has been done.Barbados as we are aware is a small country with not a lot of resources and certainly not a lot of experience in many …
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He was a hero to the Barbadians who erected the statue in 1813. Accept it.
If 200 years from now Bajans of the day say "what the hell did Errol Barrow" do for Barbados or "why do we have a statue to a sportsman (Sir Gary)?" or a fictional character (Bussa), will you be happy for them to tear down our statues?
When independence means nothing to future Bajans they will not respect Errol Barrow, when the trade union movement is dead or dying who will care about Sir Frank Walcott?
We chose the heroes of our time, while respecting our history (Sarah Ann Gill, Samuel Jackman Prescod, etc).
Let's respect the choice made by Bajans 200 years ago, in the hopes that our choices will be respected by future generations.