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Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:28:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> I agree with this, but I think he meant it to be rather negative.
That is a result of your pre-conceived notions. You sympathize with PLO
terrorists and so you feel it comes off negative. I abhor PLO terrorists and
not coincidently, I found it amusing.
In the same way, I find mockery in the Brick Testament. You
probably find the BT hilarious.
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> For the record, I think Scott was not quite correct. In my opinion, the
> Holocaust sets can be considered to be "art", whereas I feel Dan's intention
> was a jest.
Again, your bias shines through. IMO, the holocaust sets are nowhere near art.
Your defensive attitude towards your perceived ideas of Dan's intentions also
betrays your bias. Typical Liberal-- hypocrisy and double standards.
-John
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) I certainly won't argue that point... at least not at this time. (...) but I would assert that there are at least two competing definitions of art: "art is in the eye of the beholder" "art is what the artist says is art" Under the first (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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| (...) Easy there, fireball, lest we accuse you of being a Typical Conservative--santimoniousness, arrogance, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, and an irrepressible zeal for curtailing others' rights to expression. Naturally I'd never want to paint a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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| (...) Oh what was that quote from West Wing--Republicans being 'small-minded, xenophobic, anti-choice, gun worshipping...' oh I can't remember--going to have to watch a tape tonite! :) Yes, in *your* opinion, the holocaust set were not art. In *my* (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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| (...) Well, I gotta go with Scott on this one-- I definitely think the Holocaust sets were, and were intended to be, art. Controversial art certainly, but art nonetheless. I get the feeling from Dan that his work was intended to be silly, and not (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I would love to see the cognitive process your mind went through to reach (jump to) that conclusion. Although I do support the right of self defence, I am fundamentally a pacifist in nature. I believe strongly that we should uphold human (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree with this, but I think he meant it to be rather negative. For the record, I think Scott was not quite correct. In my opinion, the Holocaust sets can be considered to be "art", whereas I feel Dan's intention was a jest. Of course, it (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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