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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:07 AM Original message |
Andres Serrano's Piss Christ destroyed by Christian protesters |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Exercising the right to free expression sometimes has consequences |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Your post has an odor of "the artist deserved it". |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I think the work is in poor taste, but I support the artist's right to produce it |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
102. Yet, you seem to blame the artist because some folk commited a crime. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
162. Well, it's not in poor "taste." |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. well...it's kind of like Westboro |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
103. God forbid we blame lawbreakers, and only lawbreakers, for the actions of lawbreakers. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
111. Creating a photo in your studio is kind of like harassing mourners of fallen soldiers? Really? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #111 |
145. I don't think the artist is being blamed for the destruction |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #111 |
152. you missed the whole point |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. You know, that's what they said in the Soviet Union too. |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. It should not have been destroyed |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. ...because promoting censorship is so much better than promoting vandalism. nt |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Fine should the NEA |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Oh god, he mentioned the war. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
115. Destruction by French folk in France had something to do with U.S.ta xes? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Ugh. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Context is everything |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I used a similar comparison before I saw your post. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. I imagine everything has consequences. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
101. Destruction of valuable property may follow an exercise of free expression "timewise," but is not a |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Destroyed? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. 1987 - |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Do the negatives exist? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. The negative may have been destroyed. That's a common practice among artists |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
74. Very good point. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. Yes, there is something about that one print -- |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. He pissed in a cup and put a cross in it |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. He had to force-feed asparagus to himself to achieve just the right color of urine. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
104. Few people would reveal lack of knowledge so readily and casually. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
146. ! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
163. What the fuck does that have to do with it? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like someone was pissed off. NT |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. They do realize it's a photograph, and photographs can be re-printed, right? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. see my post upthread |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, if controversy sells art like it does many things... |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Controversy attracts extremists of all stripes. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. +1 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
105. Or law abiding. |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Bravo! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
112. Neither murder nor vandalism (nor lawbreaking of any kind) is an |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
113. Except that this piece is not for sale (nm) |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
114. Except that this piece is not for sale (nm) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
132. I can't imagine a famous work of art not being zealously guarded in a museum. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
170. No, the work is not an unnecessarily inflammatory action. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #170 |
175. right |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. inflammatory and insensitive |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. "acceptance" is a small subset of the behaviors and attitudes contained in the group of things |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The piece is 23 years old and world famous already |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The photograph was sold for $15,000. Sounds like commerce to me. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
121. LOL, as if being in commerce equals "commecrial art." |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. Why would I care what your arbitrary definition is? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #136 |
173. Piss Christ is not commercial art. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Definitely not commercial. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
108. A few steps between "wide acceptance" and "illegal destruction of property" by a mob. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. I guess Terry Jones burning the Koran was performance art |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. My thoughts also. I don't see much difference between this work of "art" and Jones |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Had the artist not announced the fluid was urine |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
147. It would probably have the same value as "Praying Hands" |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
150. Yes, it's actually a beautiful photo with an etherial |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. It amazes me that so many people here do not even understand the piece. It is actually |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I understand it - it's a masterful publicity coup. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
81. Sounds like you resent artists that work hard. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. On the contrary |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #92 |
98. That has always been the case throat History. Never makes it right but it is |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. I would venture a guess that any one of your pieces has more artistry |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #100 |
126. Compliments from the viewing public have been welcome by me. Compliments |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
153. Ok, we'll chalk it up to bitterness then. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Nothing says 'reverent' like urine . . . |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. LOL has anyone done "Shit Jesus" yet? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. In the 90s an artist produced something similar |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
88. Yeah he seems to have the artistic breadth |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
171. And what's wrong with that? And, no, |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
82. I am saying that not everyone understands Art History, art, etc... on the same levels. Some are much |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
71. Sure it is, pissing on religious imagery is usually well recieved |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Actually, he didn't piss on it. He used his urine as a metaphor. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Does it matter? Would actual piss not be art |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #87 |
97. Firstly you would not get Federal Funds to do much of anything anymore in the Arts let alone |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Qualified art? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #99 |
128. The answer to that one is far too long and complicated but certainly Art judged by |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. Art is whatever the artist says it is |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #128 |
137. Calling something art, does not make it so. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. Why? If it was a cross without the image of Jesus |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
110. Who said art is never insulting to large groups of people? And, you and wtmusic |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
165. Why is it insulting? Did you take any time at all to understand the work? Did this large group of pe |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hmm. Apparently the archbishop is not aware that some Christians would find the graven images in |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why didn't they overrun a United Nations compound and kill 12 people instead? |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I see what you did there |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. What is shameful about comparing how two different groups react to what they perceive as sacrilege? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
95. It is a poorly-disguised effort to demonize billions based on the actions of a few. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Any inference to 'billions' is yours alone |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
118. And by "two different groups," you of course mean the four perps in Avignon and however |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #118 |
129. Correct |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. It's not like Christians haven't had their fair share of murderous thugs over the centuries |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
93. Bit of a stretch there, don't you think? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #93 |
109. Are you kidding? Have you not heard of the Inquisition, for starters? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #109 |
144. Are you willing to admit doing something expressly against Christ's teachings isn't His fault? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #144 |
160. I stand by my point. All religions have had plenty of murderous thugs. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
130. Yes, but some religious nuts seem to be more excitable than others |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
116. Is there a United Nations compound in Avignon, France? Or any occupiers? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
131. What does the UN have to do with a crazy redneck preacher in Florida? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
124. Maybe they should bomb a gay bar or an abortion clinic or shoot a doctor in the head. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. If I were the artist, I'd leave the damage there for all to see. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Damage? The so-called "vandalism" was an inspired work of performance art |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Likewise - |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
57. The gallery is doing that (but not forever) ... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. No loss to the world of art but it sets a sad example all the same. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
166. "No loss to the world of art." do you have ANY justification for that statement? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #166 |
184. Loads. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. If it portrayed Muhammad rather than Jesus there would be a death contract out on Serrano by now. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Meanwhile, Christ Jesus dies in wars, in "health" "care" warehouses, is |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
117. Thank you. Thread winner. |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
29. seeing so many responses here |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
77. Thank you! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. Can you imagine the reaction to "Piss Mohammed"? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I would like to see that, just for the entertainment value of the outrage |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. No. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. You could not be more wrong. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #66 |
89. He only deserves death if the offended fall in to a certain category |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #89 |
119. See Reply 112. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
72. The key to controversy |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
142. My bet would be there'd be a race to start a new thread in LBN about it... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
167. Actually many artists have done works that question Christian and Muslim doctrine alike. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. Meh |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
168. Bullcrap. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. A bit of piss pales in comparison to what some Christians have done to "heretics" in the past. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
122. A bit of piss pales in comparison to what some Christians have done to Christ and Christianity. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
123. Singeing a Koran pales in comparison to what some Muslims have done in the past |
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Prof Lester (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well, it's idolatry, isn't it? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
70. 1++++++++++++++++++++ |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. Over last weekend I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids' |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. I've not read that, but. . . . |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. Everyone's a critic, I guess. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. You couldn't just get an Ansel Adams negative and, presto, print another copy, because |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. If any of you had been trapped in a violent religous cult for two decades, |
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lilbethm (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. Every Artist has a right To free expression |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
68. Who knows how many souls they have saved by destroying this!!! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
69. Serrrano is actually serious about the Incarnation. It is Christians who aren't |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. I agree with you |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
85. I saw the Milk Christ at a local arts festival. No protests there |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #69 |
83. God made pee, too |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #69 |
107. +1 /nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
169. Oh my god! |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. Interesting |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
125. Obviously, you did not read this thread. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. Upon being arrested by the police, the culprits were told "urine trouble" |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #78 |
148. +1 |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
80. So now it's an art installation |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
86. I thought this was going to be an Onion piece, and the protesters pissed on it. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
90. Clean up in isle 5...bring a mop. |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
91. Ironical isn't it? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
139. Wait, I thought Xtians were waiting for JC to make his big entrance on earth |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
94. Damn crazy Muslims, don't understand free expression . . . |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
106. If this is OK then vandalizing churches should be OK |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
120. First of all, this print was NOT destroyed... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
127. Way to make Jesus proud, French folks! And way to make DU proud, posters on this thread! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
133. Religious people are funny... |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
135. If anyone is interested, there is a |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #135 |
149. On a visual level, I'm totally with you on the "beautifully luminous" |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. I honestly don't know. Serrano |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
138. Looks like they found his target audience. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
140. they should have used Lexan, not Acrylic.n/t |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. I was planning on the use of lexan... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
141. Deleted message |
sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
151. Perhaps this will bring back the million Iraqis we killed. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
154. I'd call the vandals "typical christianist bigots" |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
155. What a vile picture to display in an art gallery. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #155 |
161. Oh please |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Yes, we must all bow down and praise it because you say so! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #164 |
172. Calling something vile when you clearly are jumping |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #172 |
182. Oh puleeeze. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #164 |
176. I learned people can have different opinions in the cradle |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Really? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. If you read carefully, you will note that I have not, actually, offered up anything |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. So, what was this: |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #176 |
180. Data? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #176 |
181. I need DATA to decide if I like a picture or not? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #181 |
186. How about a simple informed opinion |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. OK. Only if ... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #176 |
183. Gee, you were one smart baby! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
156. They should keep showing the destroyed version. Now it has even more meaning. (nt) |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
157. I hope the French Government identifies and prosecutes those |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
159. It's a heavy metal song, too |
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The Nexus (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
174. No biggie. He can make another one. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #174 |
185. I'd even buy him the beer he needs to get prepped |
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