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art removed from tate over religious offence
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Pretty good statement there... its true IMHO too. Why are so many people so woried about religious offence that ANYTHING can be banned over it these days.
The Koran is the literal word of God, whereas the Bible is only inspired by God.
Religious texts aside, I think that all books should be treated with more respect than to be torn up to make some (totally inaccurate) artistic statement.
Books get damaged by accident for sure, but deliberate maltreatment should be a crime.
Or even fascinating. Happy to oblige.
If you find it offensive then don't go and see it, simple as... But if we, as a society start banning arts and accessibility to information, ideologies and beliefs then how are we to grow as a society?
looks like a couple of cut up books to me with a little paste job done to keep em on the glass. But then again I am no art critic, so to each their own I suppose.
I kinda missed that part.
Forgive my ignorance but doesn't there need to be some person offended by something in order for it to be offensive?
Persumably, people who were religious and saw their book cut up.
We didn't remove the people the US are holding after they mutilated the Koran, did we?