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"A strong signal to China": Model of the "Pillar of Shame," a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, was unveiled outside the European Parliament in Brussels (edition.cnn.com)

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Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue was unveiled Tuesday as part of an exhibition of “forbidden art” that organizers said had been censored or “deemed subversive” by Hong Kong and mainland China.

The exhibition was hosted by Jens Galschiøt, the Danish artist behind the famous sculpture, and Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, a member of the European Parliament (MEP). A further six MEPs, including representatives from each of the parliament’s five largest political coalitions, were listed as co-hosts.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says, with six sources,

The vast majority of those killed were civilians, though a small number of soldiers were also killed.

You attempt to make it sound like it was anything but a massive inhuman massacre by an oppressive regime. But it wasn't.

You want it to have the oppressors and murderers names when it doesn't even have the victims names?

As a memorial you could have included the soldier deaths in the memorials remembrance too, but you didn't.

People are still oppressed and silenced today. Not being allowed to remember the victims.

What do you want it to be? A memorial for what? In what way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So... Your honest stance is that "security personnel" who fired automatic weapons into defenseless, non-violent crowds should be memorialized because a handful of them were killed in the ensuing chaos?

How about this one: If someone is charging you with a machete, you should just stand still so you don't accidentally hurt them defending yourself? Or are you saying that if you both die, you should both have your pictures and caskets side by side at the memorial service?