RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
October 5, 2014 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2014 at 4:46 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(October 4, 2014 at 4:44 pm)Heywood Wrote:(October 4, 2014 at 4:01 pm)Chas Wrote: You mean, why do people care about Constitutional rights?
The statue was not damaged. Your argument is stupid.
The purpose of the statue is to provide inspiration.
No it's not.
A statue in the public space is to inspire debate, and to show the piece of art and/or message held by either the artist or the commissioner of the works to audiences intended or otherwise.
One part of that could be to provide inspiration, but it's rediculous and actually fatally stupid to think that's the only message it will convey. If somebody's reactions to tht statue is to rub their cock on it, without physically damaging it, then so be it.
You're advocating a 'positive only' approach, which is not the point of art, even tacky retarded shitty art like this dumb ass statue.
(October 4, 2014 at 4:44 pm)Heywood Wrote: By desecrating it like that you destroy its ability to inspire. When the people who put it up look at it, the won't be thinking of Christ's agony, but rather they will be thinking of Christ giving a blow job to a 14 year old.
And whose problem is that, exactly?
If someone's faith or 'inspiration' can be shaken by one kid sliding his balls over an inanimate object then that says more about their faith than the kid, no?
Again, as above, reactions to a piece of 'art' or a statue erected in a public forum cannot be expected to be controlled by anybody if they do not physically damage the object. If the person who made the piece expected everyone to be inspired by it then they need to get their head examined. Surely they realise they live in a supposedly free society where people do not always agree, right?
If their sensibilities are so frail then maybe they should have put the statue in their own home where nobody but them and like minded buddies could draw inspiration from it away from people who might swear at it or stick their fingers up at it.
Talking of which, would you think that constitutes civil prosecution? Someone swearing at the statue of Jesus and telling it to fuck Moses' ass?