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BOARD MEMBERS DEFEND ‘PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS (Freep Em!)
Arlington, VA Sun Gazette ^
| 7/22/03
| Arlington, Virginia Sun Gazette
Posted on 07/22/2003 6:40:00 AM PDT by chambley1
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To: chambley1
It's funny, my husband and I were joking last night that someone should do a male version of the Vagina Monologues, about talking penises and men who allow their penis to run their lives, like Kobe Bryant et alias.
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posted on
07/23/2003 8:37:02 AM PDT
by
Eva
To: dead
I am in favor of allowing the people to set standards of decency for their community.
To: TontoKowalski
I'm not saying it's good art, but at least I'm not paying for it. I can live with that. I certainly won't be attending, but I do admit to a being a little curious. The Eiffel Tower?
The hamburger is the one you don't want to see - makes me want to protectively cross my legs just thinking about it... Why? Er... don't know if you've heard the British expression 'meat and two veg' - but they twistthe veg! Urhhhher!
To: Chad Fairbanks
And how do you get the puppet's arms to move? You do realize that the above comment is...... just wrong on so many levels!
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posted on
07/23/2003 4:15:37 PM PDT
by
CAPPSMADNESS
(To fear death is to misunderstand life.)
To: robertpaulsen
Enforced by whom?
Since HBO is a national company, I assume your "community" is the country, and your agent of enforcement over their content would be the federal government.
So I am, in fact, correct in saying that you want the federal government to control the content of provider of a pay-to-view service.
I like how you beat around the bush, without actually saying it.
Try saying it honestly - "I want the federal government to enforce control over content of a service people have to pay to view." and see if it sounds conservative to you.
And who decides what content is "decent" enough to be seen by willing adults. Would that be you? Some appointed board of censors? Our elected representatives?
Will shows with gun violence be banned? Or just ones that show naked penises? What about a show that features a shot of Michaelangelo's David? Or is that excempt because its art? Who decides what is art? A committee of "artists" from Greenwhich Village? A church group in Idaho? Will revolutionary language be banned? Or just the F-word? What about the N-word? What about the word "abortion"?
Its nice to speak in platitudes about "community standards" but lets get down to the nitty gritty of how the government will enforce this power and who will control these decisions over content that you want to make it illegal for adults to view.
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posted on
07/23/2003 4:19:44 PM PDT
by
dead
To: philosofy123
I think there's a difference between telling a dirty joke and twisting your penis into a giraffe.
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posted on
07/23/2003 4:25:51 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: chambley1
Too bad the Vagina monologues cannot share the stage with the Puppetry of the penis, and vie for "The most offensive jerks, pretending to be artists" award.
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posted on
07/23/2003 4:28:36 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(I love sarcasm, don't you?)
To: chambley1
This is bs. Of course, they could stop this show if they wanted to.
To: Enterprise
There has to be a Clinton joke in here somewhere.In tribute to Bubba.... :0
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:35:49 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: CAPPSMADNESS
Depends on what the definition of 'Wrong' is ;0)
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:35:49 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Giving Cathryn Crawford The Bird Since 2003)
To: Enterprise
There has to be a Clinton joke in here somewhere.In tribute to Bubba.... :0
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:35:54 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: Enterprise
There has to be a Clinton joke in here somewhere.In tribute to Bubba.... :0
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:35:55 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: skinkinthegrass
sticky button...
(not for reasons you might guess)..hahaha... :)
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:45:14 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: chambley1
"The public always has the right to choose what they see, what they dont want to see, said Vice Chairman Barbara Favola. There are freedom-of-expression issues here . . . in this county, weve always valued freedom of speech. This cries out for CENSORSHIP!
County Manager Ron Carlee said that the county could run into legal problems if it tried to restrict what performers can do on stage.
Is he saying that because the SCOTUS declared sodomy a protected act, now ANYTHING goes - anwhere???
We do not regulate legitimate art content, Carlee said.
Since when is this sick s**t art??
To: TontoKowalski
As far as I can tell from the article, not one penny of public money is going to this "exhibit." One problem I see is that the board members said they had no choice but to allow it. So the freedom has been taken away. Any "expression" -no matter how obscene, disgusting, perverse, or offensive - MUST be allowed, or the ACLU will be crawling down someone's throat.
But expressions of a religious nature? VERBOTEN!
To: chambley1
We do not regulate legitimate art content, Carlee said. He thinks this is legitimate art?
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:10:58 PM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: chambley1
(Please not their request to get in touch with them ...)
Get In Touch With Us
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive
Arlington, VA 22206-2304
24 hour hotline: 703-228-6966 phone: 703.228.1850
fax: 703.228.1851
email:
arts@co.arlington.va.us.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:13:08 PM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: camle
No, unfortunately they wouldn't. They've been on Broadway.
To: philosofy123
"THE VAGINA MONOLGUES " is something entirely different.
The " puppetry " consists of men , naked men, pulling/twisting/manipulating their penises into weird shapes. This too has been on cabel, BTW.
To: ErnBatavia
how does one become a Penile Puppeteer? Get In Touch With Us
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive
Arlington, VA 22206-2304
24 hour hotline: 703-228-6966 phone: 703.228.1850
fax: 703.228.1851
email: arts@co.arlington.va.us.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:18:01 PM PDT
by
cinFLA
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