-Caveat Lector- > I definitely don't have a problem with seeing any gender's genitalia, > whether in a piece that purports to be 'art' or in the flesh; but what I > found objectionable with the work shown at the Denver library is that it > displayed severed male genitalia in the name of fighting domestic violence; > if the work had instead showed severed female vulvas strung on a > clothesline and named "Hung Out To Dry", there would have been a great hue > and cry regarding it encouraging violence against women; I wonder why > people don't see it as encouraging violence against men (both straight and > gay men) and why a work of art that shows the results of a violent act upon > a person is being shown in the name of stopping violence....
shock value? i mean, if you want to convince somebody that something is wrong, is it not best to use an example? my take is that the denver exhibit was designed to horrify people - the motive being to horrify some so much that they might think twice before they act. to show them "the err of the ways" and all that. and to attract attention. let's face it, nobody gives a fuck anymore if it's not going to offend people. they could have done up a "respectful" exhibit that everyone from nivek ogre to pat robertson could have gotten something out of - problem is nobody would've paid it any attention. now, if there are people out there that would take pleasure at looking at such thing.....there's not much anybody can do to stop them... inri np: http://chat.carleton.ca/~jparent2/ "sure, we'll have fascism, but it will come disguised as americanism" - huey long "there ought to be limits to freedom" - george w. bush "if this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as i'm the dictator." - george w. bush "freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it." - rudolph giulliani <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
