If we were talking about the Colosseum I might agree with you, but this is just one statue and a plaque we're talking about, which happens to be situated slap-bang in the middle of an active place of learning. I doubt ditching it will precede a policy of blowing shit up all over the place. Personally I think you could clear up the whole affair by putting another plaque underneath the current one saying, 'P.S HE WAS EVIL. YOURS SINCERELY, OXFORD'.
EDIT: Seriously though, isn't there a similar corrective plaque underneath an equally outdated sexist plaque in the House of Commons? I really like the idea of this system. It can be like a reaaaaaaaally drawn-out message board conversation writ large.
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