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If the Aussie artists are so mightily moved by Taliban, al Khaeda customs
and way-of-life is it so difficult for their mainstream fellows to take a
page
from the extremists and gut, pillage embassies, ministries, mosques across
the land?
In these times of terror imposed socio-political evolution TIT-for-TAT
behaviourial response should be considered acceptable pragmatism.
Alfred de Tavares, forever in search for equality in action.
>From: "Bonefacio Lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
><goanet@lists.goanet.org>
>To: "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] Christ! 'Osama' causes stir in Australia
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:25:38 -0400
>
>SYDNEY: Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a Christ-like pose and a
>statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have caused a stir in
>Australia
>after they were showcased in a prestigious religious art competition.
>
>Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross by Priscilla Bracks is a "double
>vision" print that depicts both Jesus and Osama, while Luke Sullivan's The
>Fourth Secret of Fatima is a statue of Mary, her head and torso obscured by
>a blue burqa like the one Afghan women had to wear under the militant
>Taliban.
>
>The artworks were among more than 500 entries in the Blake Prize for
>Religious Art, and have been included in an exhibition at the National Art
>School in Sydney.
>
>"The choice of such artwork is gratuitously offensive to the religious
>beliefs of many Australians," Australian PM John Howard said on Thursday.
>Opposition Labour leader Kevin Rudd also criticised the artwork. "I accept
>you know people can have artistic freedom, but I find this painting off,
>off
>in the extreme. I understand how people would be offended by it," he said.
>
>Australia's 20 million population is overwhelmingly Christian and the print
>was condemned by the Australian Christian Lobby.
>
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