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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
What "document?"
How about...his OWN WORDS?! 
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Rape, slavery and plunder has been in the history of the world. Every race and nationality has engaged in this practice. Greeks, Egyptians, Asians, Africans, Asians, Europeans, American Indians, Pacific Islanders, Incans, Aztecs, etc. That was the way of the world and probably still is in many ways.
Yet, there were still several notable persons that advanced the world in significant ways. They are the ones remembered for both good and bad. Some of these persons were not good people and I would suggest Hitler as an example. There may be a statue of him somewhere. But the fact that he was not good does not justify destruction. Better to leave it as an example of changing values. Would be a better example to future populations to be able to see the image and story of what was once admired as a warning . Destroying statues is simply vandalism at the very least.
Saw some reference that because someone born in the north having a statue is immune unless he owned slaves. Well that doesn't stop anything. Destroying public property or private property should not be condoned by anyone.
Think about someone who was molested by someone else who was murdered by a policeman. Does the molested person have a right to destroy the murdered man's tombstone?