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Finally, a statue of a notorious killer that I can approve of...
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/smallest-statue-in-the-world-irish-councillor-proposes-monument-for-mosquito-that-killed-cromwell-9.7203480A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito.
It wouldn't be a statue of just any mosquito , but of the pest that some — at least in Cork — believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell, sending him home to die of what was once known as "Cork fever," an old name for malaria.
If built, it would be "definitely … the smallest public statue in the world," Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran told As It Happens guest host Nora Young. Moran is proposing the diminutive statue be placed atop an empty plinth outside Cork City Hall, among some other ideas he's considering.
Moran acknowledges that Cromwell remains a deeply divisive historical figure, depending on which side of the Irish sea you hail from. In Ireland, Moran says Cromwell is remembered for the brutal Cromwellian campaigns of the 17th century — military invasions that killed hundreds of thousands in a quest to secure English control over the country.
It wouldn't be a statue of just any mosquito , but of the pest that some — at least in Cork — believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell, sending him home to die of what was once known as "Cork fever," an old name for malaria.
If built, it would be "definitely … the smallest public statue in the world," Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran told As It Happens guest host Nora Young. Moran is proposing the diminutive statue be placed atop an empty plinth outside Cork City Hall, among some other ideas he's considering.
Moran acknowledges that Cromwell remains a deeply divisive historical figure, depending on which side of the Irish sea you hail from. In Ireland, Moran says Cromwell is remembered for the brutal Cromwellian campaigns of the 17th century — military invasions that killed hundreds of thousands in a quest to secure English control over the country.
Robert E Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest fans take note: I don't hate history and I don't hate statues. I just think your guys were giant pieces of shit, unlike this fine upstanding mosquito.
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