Books are in public places and everywhere else and can tell you more the a paragraph long plaque ever could . If one actually cared about history one would take the time to look it up and not need shoved in their face . As for discussion we live in an age were nothing is not talked about . So the statue is redundant and as Thump has pointed out causes more trouble then it's worth . But you never be bothered to do the former and your apathy towards the later has been made woefully obvious .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb
Inuit Proverb