A petition to honor Scots heroes

**Freelander Sporrano** · 12th January 07, 09:47 AM

I'm on there too

**GMan** · 12th January 07, 10:00 AM

Consider it done!

**McClef** · 12th January 07, 10:08 AM

I was under the impression that George Square was already drowning in statues and holds the record for the most statues in a public place in Scotland.

Why should this be the most appropriate place? Why not Stirling?

Just want to know.

**Mike1** · 12th January 07, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

Why should this be the most appropriate place? Why not Stirling?

Why shouldn't it be appropriate? What could be more appropriate than a city in Scotland honoring Scots heroes? If this is inappropriate, then how appropriate is a statue of Queen Victoria or Prince Albert in that same location? If you are not interested in supporting the idea, then don't sign. Easy-peasy, right?

The Stirling area already commemorates Wallace (the Wallace Monument) and Bruce (the Bannockburn Monument).

The reason for the short list of names is that the petition is brandy-new. It was just started this morning.

**McClef** · 12th January 07, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Mike1

Why shouldn't it be appropriate? What could be more appropriate than a city in Scotland honoring Scots heroes? If this is inappropriate, then how appropriate is a statue of Queen Victoria or Prince Albert in that same location? If you are not interested in supporting the idea, then don't sign. Easy-peasy, right?

Glasgow essentially grew as a city in the Victorian era and all the statues (bar Burns) appear to be of Victorian figures, the latest being Gladstone.

In the nineteenth century it was de rigeur for any large urban town or city to have a statue of Victoria and often Albert (to please Victoria

) so the City Fathers no doubt considered such statues appropriate.

For Scots heroes they went for literary or science figures instead.

There is a Glasgow monument to Wallace at Robroyston which was erected by public subscription in 1900.

It can be viewed at http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/images_ww.html .

And that's the other thing - funding. How popular would such a monument be with the council tax payers of Glasgow?

I would suggest that a petition to the Scottish Parliament would be more appropriate. The issue of celebrating such heroes (and this is not under dispute) is surely more of a national one for Scotland.

I regret that I cannot sign.