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Re: Authenticity vs. Political Correctness
Posted by dumaresqc on Wed Sep 18, 2002 12:14:26 PM
In reply top Authenticity vs. Political Correctness posted by Ryan Keough on Tue Sep 17, 2002 10:00:26 PM
Everyone else seems to be jumping on this one. I may as well too.
Two key points to make:
1) Revising history
2) What is pornography anyway
1) Revising history - Don't go there. Covering up the lady on this or any other historically accurate noseart would not be faithful to the aircrews who painted those, while in theatre, while fighting for things like freedom of expression. Enough said.
2) What is pornography anyway? In Europe, and many other places around the world, women can be topless on public beaches. Is that pornographic? Is that immoral? NO, JUST DIFFERENT. For something to be pornographic, it has to do a lot more than simply show a naked human form. That would make most art galleries pornographic, and I certainly don't think that is the case. Remember, we were all born naked, simply being in that state is not pornographic. And don't forget what breasts are for anyway. I saw a woman exposing her breast at the mall last week -- to feed her baby. Certainly nothing pornographic about that.
To be on the soapbox just a little longer, it strikes me that religious fundamentalism is alive and well, and not just in the Middle East.