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loyalsister

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21. Since I asked, you can assume that I don't know...

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 05:43 PM

Feb 2013

what kind of undertaking it would be. I have seen murals by Thomas Hart Benton in our state Capitol.
There are other possibilities. Would it not be possible to cover them and display them at times when they can be discussed seriously? Wouldn't it be possible for them to displayed upon request?

I can see the plaintiffs point. I think it's likely that a lot of people see this mural as cartoonish and demeaning. Do you not realize that few people take visual arts seriously?

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Is it Art or is it Discrimination? [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

I think anytime you see something offensive to you in a public place you should have the right to el_bryanto Feb 2013 #1

Strongly agree - if it offends even one person, it needs to be destroyed. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #2

And we could have a public meta area to discuss it The Straight Story Feb 2013 #4

For a full week, at least. HappyMe Feb 2013 #8

I hope you're kidding. By this logic there'd be vandalism going on 24/7. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #6

Why not - think of all the employment in the artist community el_bryanto Feb 2013 #12

You are going to need a better sarcasm detector. I suggest one with a finely-tuned irony meter. msanthrope Feb 2013 #13

If an employer or its employees placed pictures of African-Americans as slaves picking cotton and .. GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #3

I agree loyalsister Feb 2013 #11

Do you even realize where these murals (4 of them, over several walls) are? The Sazerac Lounge msanthrope Feb 2013 #16

Since I asked, you can assume that I don't know... loyalsister Feb 2013 #21

Cover art in a bar so that a massage therapist in the hotel spa feels better? No....people's msanthrope Feb 2013 #24

"silliness should not be coddled" loyalsister Feb 2013 #26

As a woman, I'm offended by all representations of Rape of the Sabine Women cali Feb 2013 #15

First of all, being offended isn't sufficient. The "art" or anything else ... GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #23

She's a spa employee. This is art in the Sazerac Lounge. Unless she's giving massages in the bar, msanthrope Feb 2013 #27

She would, as misanthrope points out, have to go out of her way cali Feb 2013 #31

Art is not always meant to please lunatica Feb 2013 #5

"I think future generations have a right to see the past, warts and all." Like Captain Kirk did The Straight Story Feb 2013 #7

He obviously saw the warts! lunatica Feb 2013 #39

"I think future generations have a right to see the past, warts and all." loyalsister Feb 2013 #29

That's why I said it should be moved, but not destroyed. lunatica Feb 2013 #40

The picture could be removed and placed BainsBane Feb 2013 #9

It's not a "picture." It's a 4 panel mural over several walls in the Sazerac Lounge. msanthrope Feb 2013 #14

well, I don't advocate the destruction of art work BainsBane Feb 2013 #17

Ms. Pittman has a bullshit claim. She works in the hotel spa. How she even sees msanthrope Feb 2013 #20

Does it matter that she sees it? Or, is the point ... GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #25

Yes, actually. It would matter. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #28

I'm sure the District Court would be heavily swayed by such an analysis. GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #30

I presume the judge is well aware of the 5th's 4-prong test for a hostile work msanthrope Feb 2013 #35

Tell her she can have the "damages" she wants or have the picture removed Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #10

Its ART! sdfernando Feb 2013 #18

Hasn't this woman ever heard of historic context? Peter cotton Feb 2013 #19

Nope,........... mrmpa Feb 2013 #22

By that same "logic", all copies of any Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stories RC Feb 2013 #32

Um, no. Workers at a hotel are not being forced to read those stories... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #38

This would seem to be the offensive picture in question.... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #33

I think it could be both... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #34

Let's destroy it, and while we're at it, all other offensive art, books and music. Avalux Feb 2013 #36

Here is what Dee Pittman has to say in defense of removing the mural: Moonwalk Feb 2013 #37