tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post114206289244504901..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Churchill statue challenges prejudiceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1142344657627896922006-03-14T13:57:00.000+00:002006-03-14T13:57:00.000+00:00As you say, Churchill was able to make an unrivall...As you say, Churchill was able to make an unrivalled contribution despite his depression. Perhaps if he had shown less resolve, he would have ended up as shown in this statue, but to show him in a strait-jacket is to falsify his life. He was not insane and to say he was is an insult.<BR/><BR/>If the statue has a "message" at all, it is not the one put forward by its creator. It shows a man who suffered on and off from depression in a strait-jacket. Anyone with eyes can see it does not convey the positive message Rethink have tried to attach to it. If the sculptor intended to portray something different, he failed.<BR/><BR/>Rethink commissioned a work of art that failed to meet their organisation's aims. It happens. They have ended up with a parody of a great man's character which conveys absolutely the wrong message. It seems to say that depressives belong in the asylum.<BR/><BR/>Back to the drawing board for Rethink. Maybe they should drop the focus on educating the public and concentrate their resources on curing mental illness instead.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865582871564415635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1142180958900989552006-03-12T16:29:00.000+00:002006-03-12T16:29:00.000+00:00Nice to see this worthwhile story running as the l...Nice to see this worthwhile story running as the lead story on Topix.net's <A HREF="http://www.topix.net/search/?q=mental+health" REL="nofollow">mental health news feed</A> today (12th March).Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com