Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 16:06:20 04/03/03
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There is no art factor about the photos that were sent to Bruce. That is just plain insanity. If you really believe that, then you need help. I suspect that you are just trying to get a rise out of people here in this forum. And congratulations, you succeeded. Just the very context that the pictures were sent, and the captions that came with them suggests something other than art. They suggest someone taking liberties at americans. Nothing more, nothing less. I am Canadian, I am for the war, and I love the fact someone in the world has the gusts to take a dictator like Saddam out of the picture. He has had long enough to disarm, and to comply with U.N resolutions. Instead he started a completely new threat, nuclear weapons. This has yet to be totally proved, but in the end it will be. Chrilly Donninger needs a kick in the head. Nothing more, nothing less. It was not only in poor taste, it was down right disgusting. To state his views in the manner that he chose just is down right psychotic. Get the man a pill. The U.S as a whole is very proud of it's military. In some countries the government has to threaten people to go fight for them. In the US, people join everyday on their own. They want to fight for the values that they have been brought up on. They fight for the people that either can't or won't. Does that make them bad? No. They provide not only the U.S with a blanket of protection, but I am guessing they are providing protection in probably 12 other countries around the world. Peace keeping. Removing threats to civilians. Distributing food to those that require it due to a failed government, or a dictatorship. I for one will support them no matter what happens. They fight currently, when my government wouldn't help. I would have gone in a heart beat. They would not even had to ask. I would have stood right next to them. So Rolf, these pictures are not art. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. The pictures were taken, posted on TV, which in itself broke the Geneva Convention, to anger Americans. And it worked. 24 hrs after the pictures were posted the US REALLY went to war. They hit them with everything they had. And I mean everything. Iraq broke the unwritten rule. War kills people, but you don't flagrantly show the victims of war. Everyone knows that. The images are scarring. I hope one day I do meet Mr.Donninger ( I hope I am spelling it right ), because I would show him my view of people that are completely ignorant. And it is not going to be pleasant. So please continue to follow this insane view of "art" and I will certainly "paint" it out nice and clear for you what I think art is, and how messy it can get. Peter.
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