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re: Artists protest against free speech URL

This is laughable,

The protesters objected to the show's content and what they claimed was the museum's "implicit support of war." They said a more balanced show would include images of civilian deaths and mass destruction. To represent one facet of military life in combat zones without placing it in the context of the true costs of war displayed a lack of sensitivity, they said.

So the next time an art Show displays a Mary Mother of God shaped out of fecis, I expect to see a one carved in ivory standing beside it for a more "balanced" show.

Could the double standard get any more apparant. Art would lose its whole purpose if it was forced to be "balanced" no matter what your beliefs or viewpoint.

-Steve G.

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