Never heard of him untill today, but I see that this memorial is proceeding better than that "other" memorial that people decided to rant all over.
He's dead, do you honestly think that slating a dead man all over his own memorials will change his life, or his death? I think I can quite honestly say, hand on heart, God save the Queen, that such terrible occurrences would never happen in the UK...
I think 75% of the population would decimate you on general principle regardless of wether they liked his politics or not. Perhaps some American political thinkers could spread our remarkably Conservative philosophy, maybe give it a "If it's good enough for the limeys" spin?
"So, it's defeat for you, is it? Someday I must meet a similar fate..."