Cancelling out the past

is now happening at the highest levels.

The High Commission in London has apparently removed all the portraits of the High Commissioners from the walls. They say it is to "digitise" them - and then put them into storage. The pictures of these people will apparently then apparently be available "on line".

What absolute and utter woke garbage!  Let's be honest about this. They are being removed because they are all of "privileged white males", the men who have been our High Commissioners, the men who have represented Downunder as a nation in London. This has allegedly been privately admitted by sources who work there.

This really is getting ridiculous. Yes, perhaps it is wrong that we have not yet had an indigenous High Commissioner or a female High Commissioner or perhaps even an indigenous female High Commissioner. Maybe we should have had someone who does not identify with either sex. That should not stop us acknowledging those who have held the position in the past.

Personally I don't care who represents us as long as they can do the job. I know one former High Commissioner. I don't know him well but I know him well enough to feel comfortable in his presence. He's a good man. For all people might think it is not a constant but enjoyable round of receptions, dinners and parties. You have to listen to all those speeches. There are endless meetings, endless negotiations and much more to endure. You need contacts and a willingness to make contacts - with everyone. It is not an easy job. Some have done a better job than others but none of them has been a disgrace. They have earned their place in history. 

What is more we deserve to know that they have their place on the walls, that they are acknowledged. Removing them and, for all the so-called "digitisation", ignoring them is not helping anyone - least of all us.

We can't cancel history. We shouldn't even try to cancel history.  I don't want "indigenous" art work on the walls instead. It isn't appropriate. It is not as "traditional" as many people believe however beautiful and skilled it might be. What is more there are some very skilled indigenous artists who do not want their work displayed that way. It is not the purpose of their work.  It is as insulting to them as it to the High Commissioners they have replaced. 

Is this an attempt to cut all ties with the country which brought this country into being?