Reply #39: I sort of agree but

[wickerwoman]

I think the merit of the statue lies in the fact that we are now discussing this topic at all. The point isn't chipping away support for Catholicism but for opening up a discussion among less radical proponents of each side. Ideally, the statue is put up, the school newspaper publishes crazy editorials on both sides, some teachers fold the discussion into class, some students actually do the reading and thinking, a couple people come out of it with a different point of view from where they started. This is what colleges do best and I trust the process even if I don't trust the motivations of the artist 100%.