The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

I am curious....was Mapplethorpe and his "art" of a crucifix in a jar of urine wrong? That was clearly done to be offensive to Christians. If being deemed art makes it acceptable, would it be OK - or at least not wrong - to take the ashes of a burned Quran and display that as art, with a name comparable to the "Piss Christ" name of Mapplethorphe's work? Maybe call it "Burn Islam" or something like that?

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I am curious....was Mapplethorpe and his "art" of a crucifix in a jar of urine wrong? That was clearly done to be offensive to Christians. If being deemed art makes it acceptable, would it be OK - or at least not wrong - to take the ashes of a burned Quran and display that as art, with a name comparable to the "Piss Christ" name of Mapplethorphe's work? Maybe call it "Burn Islam" or something like that?

Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction to your post, but when someone uses the word "clearly", it's usually anything but.

And Piss Christ was a work of art by Andres Serrano, not Mapplethorpe.

And I'm sick of "what ifs" posited to make a point.

The truth is, you don't know.