[rollei_list] Re: OT Mapplethorpe (was Re: Re:)
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:15:53 -0500
At 08:48 AM 3/8/2010, Eric Goldstein wrote:
This portion of Matt's discussion is important
to /rememberconsider and I am in complete agreement with it:
"It's horribly short-sighted to think the only
culture that should be supported in this country
is that which appeals to the largest possible
audience. It's usually the least cojent, least
compelling, least confrontational and the least
expansive. The gutting of the National Endowment
of the Arts due to conservative's objections
over a small handful of work by a small handful
of artists has done nothing good for the current
state of the arts in this country."
Eric
I was trying to avoid going there, but since you
insist on agreeing with patent nonsense, allow me
simply to say that if the NEA is such a worthy
organization, it can support itself on its own
good looks and without the theft of public funds.
The thought of stealing money from people who
find the works of Mapplethorpe offensive in order
to pay for such works simply makes me want to gag. That just is not right.
And, again, it was not the conservatives who
raised hell over Mapplethorpe and Serrano et
al. The Lefty churches were really the ones who attacked the NEA.
Eliminate the NEA and do so yesterday. It is a
vile and worthless agency of absolutely no redeeming quality.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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