Posted on 04/17/2002 10:11:24 PM PDT by sixmil
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| Police arrest Scott LoBaid, 38, after he used an ax to behead an effigy of radical attorney Lynn Stewart in a one-man protest outside her office on Broadway in New York on April 17, 2002. Stewart and three followers of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman were indicted April 9 on charges that they helped the Muslim cleric direct his al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group from his federal prison cell. LoBaid, an artist, said he was expressing himself and that Stewart was a "terrorist". REUTERS/Peter Morgan |
An effective way of communicating your feelings! - but arrestable IMHO.
I find no one named "LoBaid", but there are LoBaido -s, and I think I got him. He's an artist in New York. Lots of sites sell posters of his work. And he's an activist for various things - perhaps he should post on the FR Smokers' Lounge:
"Holding a cigarette, taking slow, languorous drags and exhaling puffs of smoke above a just-devoured plate of food in a favored restaurant is comforting and downright essential to a lot of people and, some say, especially to New Yorkers.And here's a website with info about his march:That is why a group of smokers, bar and restaurant owners are descended on New York's City Hall Saturday to protest a proposal by City Council Speaker and rumored mayoral candidate Peter Vallone that would further limit smoking in restaurants throughout the city.
Scott LoBaido, an artist from Staten Island, who gained notoriety for hurling fists full of manure at the Brooklyn Museum to protest an exhibition by cutting-edge British artists that includes a dung-spattered Virgin Mary, is leading the protest. Fighting for Their Smoking Rights - Rally in New York to Protest Proposed Ban
"SPONSORED BY SCOTT LOBAIDO, CIVIL LIBERTIES ACTIVIST, FREELANCE ARTIST (718) [###-####]"
By LEONARD GREENE If you get arrested in a gallery for displaying a crude portrait of the museum's director, is the painting still art? Scott LoBaido said he was just "expressing" himself when he walked into the Brooklyn Museum yesterday with a 3-foot painting of director Arnold L. Lehman kissing a pig's rear end. LoBaido never said he was protesting the museum's controversial "Yo Mama's Last Supper" photo exhibit, featuring a nude woman as Jesus Christ.
But 16 months ago, LoBaido was arrested after he expressed himself by hurling horse manure at the building, which had displayed a controversial portrait of the Virgin Mary. LoBaido's painting portrayed a dead hog on its back with a knife in its belly and a man's lips pressed against its curly tail. LoBaido, who was arrested, was being charged with creating a "public nuisance," police said. "Giuliani's the bad guy, right," LoBaido shouted as his painting was taken away. "But this freak here who runs the museum says I can't bring my art work in here."
Meanwhile, museum officials in Chicago have their own Last Supper to defend. The Chicago Athenaeum has received more than 100 calls protesting "The Last Pancake Breakfast," which mocks the famous Leonardo DaVinci painting with a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's pancake syrup as Jesus at the center of the table, flanked by "disciples" which include Kellogg's Rice Krispies characters "Snap, Crackle and Pop" and "Cap'n Crunch."
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LoBaido has protested anti-pledge actions in schools, and showed up at the Supreme court against Al Gore:
Nation awaits landmark ruling on Bush v. Gore ... About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the nation's high court in Washington, carrying signs and often arguing among themselves. Even the Man of Steel didn't think the wait was so super; Scott LoBaido of New York, dressed as Superman, lugged a two-sided sign proclaiming this was “The End” and it was time to say “Good Night, Al. The Party Is Over.”
Am I wrong to feel that the 1st amendment does NOT protect the rights of the people to freely express themselves? I do NOT see where freedom of expression is a right. No federal laws respecting religion or prohibiting the exercise of religion; no abridging the freedom of speech or the press; the right to "peaceably" assemble (not to torch cities) and to petition the government. Where did "freedom of expression" come into all this? Sure, if you do the lib thing and shred it, anylize it, rewrite it, and spit it out--you might find it. Of course, you'd also find that the government can strictly regulate the owning of firearms.
To anyone looking to freely express themselves by burning my flag: I WILL freely express my foot up your A$$. I digress--this guy's a whack-job and needs to be convicted of a "hate crime"
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