Which one is a hate crime and which one is art.
I'm confused. Please explain the difference.could it be that all Americans paid with our taxes( through the endowments to the arts) for the crucifix in the glass of urine?
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Neither are justified as well as neither is a hate crime. Both are desecration of a religion and cannot be tolerated. Punishment should fit the crime. The cross and the urine is not a freedom of expression issue since it does insight another group of people.
Well, flushing the Koran is usually done as a "f*** you!" to a Muslim, which sounds hateful to me. The crucifix in urine (called "P**s Christ") was, IMHO, a really bad idea, and one that hasn't been forgotten since 1989 when the guy did it, but it was done to make people think, not to hurt people (even if he was wrong). So I'd go with flushing being closer to a hate crime (except that it's not a crime), and the crucifix art just being stupid and wrong-headed.
An art critic who's also a nun said of the crucifix work that it represents: ""what we have done to Christ" - that is, the way contemporary society has come to regard Christ and the values he represents."
Why do you not use your bible or the star of david.
It's meant to say go to h ell with religions
There is an interesting issue here.
The piss Christ is meant to be art. That is it is meant to make a comment, and inspire emotional and intellectual reaction. The fact that many people are upset by it is why it is art.
Flushing the Quran (Koran) in an art gallery is different from doing it in an one to one situation. We don't let prison guards call people *******, and would most police would be fired if they interregated someone by pissing on someone's bible.
Descecrating the Quran (Koran) is a difficult issue. In fact it is part of a very long history and discriminatory representations of islamic culture.
For most people, mention the history of tolerance, charity and so on of the Islamic faith and they will think I am mad. Mention the intolerance that is also part of Islam, they will quickly agree.
Tolerance of Islam is something that is being fought for by many people. There is a difficult line here, and we will never be easily able to define it.
My own view is that we must learn to be more tolerant of Islam and be sensitive in our representations. However, in that context of cultural understanding we will be able to also talk and discuss the negative aspects of the Islamic faith.
You were listening to "The Savage Nation" last night weren't you?
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