Posted on 09/10/2010 2:52:23 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Everyone has made the apt analogy of Rev. Terry Jones’ plan to barbecue a Koran to the Piss Christ episode a few years back, and it is instructive. In that 1987 episode of religious history in American life, artist (using the term loosely) Andres Serrano took a crucifix, put it in a jar of urine, and took a picture of it. That was his art. It was offensive for the obvious reason of depicting an image holy to Christians in such a way, and doubly offensive because it won an award that was in part funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA was already a controversial use of taxpayer dollars; in Serrano’s case, it became a very literal metaphor for how many Americans saw the whole program’s use of their hard-earned money.
But the case of the Rev. Jones and the Koran is a little different. His piece of performance art isn’t taxpayer funded, for one thing. And unlike Piss Christ, Jones’ work actually has sparked riots clear on the other side of the world, even though it hasn’t happened yet. Unlike the Koran he’s threatened but not yet burned, Jones’ effigy has in fact been burned on the streets of Kabul, along with the American flag. Anyone waiting for the militant Methodists to go wild and burn effigies over Serrano’s art has been waiting now for 23 years after the fact. That’s one slow moving riot.
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As somebody I know pointed out:
It’s like we’re all trapped in a South Park episode.
1) There is an endless list of excuses terrorists have had to attack America: Gitmo, our shameless ways, our semi-support of Israel, our actions in pretty much any part of the world, the locations of our military bases, our diet, our religion, the Crusades, miniskirts....
2)How about instead of getting rid of the excuses, we get rid of the terrorists?
Bears repeating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB0pJHnMSMU&feature=related
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