[rollei_list] Re: OT Artistic Voices (was Re: OT Mapplethorpe)
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:55 -0500
At 03:56 PM 3/8/2010, Eric Goldstein wrote:
Marc -
Relative to liberals gutting the NEA, you may
want to read the editorial writings of
conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby on the subject:
<http://www.bigeye.com/jj_nea.htm>http://www.bigeye.com/jj_nea.htm
But really the essential point for me is that it
is important for minority/non-mainstream voices
to be heard in any culture/society, and without
a special effort to support them, they will not
be heard. Whether that support comes from public
funds, private funds, or a combination of both
is a separate discussion entirely.
First of all, Jacoby is yet another Leftie-Loonie
pretending to be somewhere to the right of Karl Marx and failing miserably.
Second, the government has not one bit of
interest in funding anything dealing with the
arts. Period and end of statement. The LEAST
government at the LOWEST cost has just got to be
the goal. I was shocked this morning to find
that Virginia has is own Commission for the Arts
-- and the buffoons in our General Assembly are
closing down one of the two treatment centers for
troubled adolescents in order to provide funding
for this Commission. Treating troubled teens can
be argued to be a legitimate interest of the
government, but funding of the arts is not.
Yeah, yeah, whoppee for divergent views and all
that. Why not pay for these yourself, Eric, and
leave my money alone? Again, to steal one dollar
from someone who hates the works of Mapplethorpe
et alii in order to pay for such works is a
matter of gut-wrenching nausea. It is akin to
stealing money from the pro-life folks to pay for
government-funded abortions those folks see as
murder. Or taxing a pacifist to pay for the
military. None of these are right.
Again, abolish the NEA, and do so yesterday. It
has no place in the USian polity.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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