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Artists turn weapons into art (Hurl, you will)
Yahoo ^ | 9/25/12 | na

Posted on 09/26/2012 8:29:57 PM PDT by DemforBush

The exhibition, 'AKA Peace,' in collaboration with non-profit organization Peace One Day, showcases artists reinterpretation of AK-47 assault rifles, reacting against the horror of violence globally and recasting a weapon of devastation as a conduit to peace...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: ak47; art; banglist
It hurts to see perfectly good Kalashnikov's subjected to such nonsense, but the art involved is just so incredibly BAD I had to post this.

I mean, seriously. Plastic butterflies?

1 posted on 09/26/2012 8:30:02 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

YIKES!


2 posted on 09/26/2012 8:37:14 PM PDT by jurroppi1
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To: DemforBush

Those who beat their rifles ino plowshares will one day do he plowing for those who don’t.


3 posted on 09/26/2012 8:39:14 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: DemforBush
Ehh, people already turned them into art.


4 posted on 09/26/2012 8:40:28 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: DemforBush

Plastic butterfly used to a popular sort of landmine back in the soviet day. Blow your kids hands off.


5 posted on 09/26/2012 8:50:49 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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To: DemforBush

Every time I see a peace sign, I have the urge to beat liberals to a pulp.


6 posted on 09/26/2012 8:52:19 PM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: eartrumpet

What is the revolver?


7 posted on 09/26/2012 8:53:52 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: max americana

Turn the peace sign upside down, and you have a nazi sign.


8 posted on 09/26/2012 8:55:51 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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To: CrazyIvan
"What is the revolver?"

What is the Beatles 2nd best album.

I'll take Obvious Beatles Trivia for 200 next Alex.

9 posted on 09/26/2012 8:59:40 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: DemforBush

“And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky turning into butterflies...........” blah, blah, blah, ad nauseum ad infiniatum.

(My Latin is a bit rusty)


10 posted on 09/26/2012 9:00:17 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
LOL! Personally I'd pick Sargent Pepper's
11 posted on 09/26/2012 9:05:04 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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What is the revolver?

It's Elmer Keith's Keith #5 SAA. He worked and worked until he got what felt the very best for him and the #5 was the final product. This was one of his working models.

12 posted on 09/26/2012 9:15:18 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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Thank you! I shoot a lot of the classic “Keith” loads in my .44. Nice to know where they originated.


13 posted on 09/26/2012 9:29:36 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: eartrumpet

My thought exactly...my. 38 special is already a thing of beauty


14 posted on 09/26/2012 10:16:41 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: DemforBush

Should be titled AKA Morons.


15 posted on 09/27/2012 3:05:39 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: DemforBush

Should be titled AKA Morons.


16 posted on 09/27/2012 3:05:55 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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