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Crucified on the cross of political correctness : Comments

By Ross Buncle, published 4/6/2008

Should we let the nanny state stomp on our right to assess controversial works, and undermine our cherished democratic values in the guise of protecting them?

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"I find myself with a degree of unease about the photo's but a far greater degree of unease at the censorship of them. It's not always easy to articulate mixed feelings on a topic to those who must see the topic in absolutes."

I don't have that problem, in London it is child pornography, Henson can't do it there. We had him in mind when we re-vamped our child pornography laws.
Posted by UNCRC, Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:22:18 PM
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"It is being exhibited in an art gallery"

Not true, it may be the most downed-loaded naked little girl photo of all time. It is now an iconic image of the pedophile movement. We can say thank-you to Australia for that.

The Japanese love it, and do you know why? Because it is so them, they're hooked on pedo-fetishism.

They were squirting it over the internet before the police did anything. It was also used as part of a commercial promotion. The other thing is that it was about child sex and pedophilia.

What we have is an Oz elite (which is embarrassing in itself) telling the rest of Oz, that they're hicks not to dig it.

In London, it has been prohibited from exhibition because it is child pornography there. Also, the pro-Hensonites are censoring 'concerned parent' those posts are zipped off their blogs in two ticks.

They want to use children in sexual photography and they expect the Prime Minister no less to buckle to them. Well, in NYC, LA or London, they'd be told to get psychiatric treatment.

The other thing, half of Henson's vile supporters are barely literate, that's a bit hard to take as well.
Posted by UNCRC, Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:31:33 PM
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UNHRC>"I don't have that problem, in London it is child pornography, Henson can't do it there. We had him in mind when we re-vamped our child pornography laws."

Are you going to arrest Henson if he visits London, or the model and her parents who are both happy and proud of the work (see end of this comment)?What about all the British artists who have naked children in their work?

UNHRC>"Not true, it may be the most downed-loaded naked little girl photo of all time. It is now an iconic image of the pedophile movement"

It's a great picture, isn't it? I've heard a lot of pedophiles have catalogues of children in their possession- are you going to accuse your department and clothing stores of child pornography by association? There is nothing wrong with nakedness. It's been this way in art throughout history. By your definition, a naked child playing on the beach is a child pornographer/exhibitionist. I find you and your attempts to portray children that way disgusting.

What you are doing is tainting the girl with the brush of pedophilia, when she is merely naked. She felt perfectly happy and safe doing the modelling, and her mother did so as well. Don't you care about their opinion? Or are you going to demonise the girl and tell her to be ashamed of herself?

>" Also, the pro-Hensonites are censoring 'concerned parent' those posts are zipped off their blogs in two ticks."

Is that all you are? I thought your opinion had some currency with the lawmakers in the UK. I gave you more respect than you deserved. You certainly haven't extended the courtesy to recognising or reading the opinions of the actual parent of the adolescent and herself. And guess what they are concerned about:Bigots like you hijacking their situation to promote your own agenda. Now that is sickening and not the sign of a concerned parent at all,but a religious,reactionary bigot..

http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/this-is-not-porn-say-hensons-models/2008/05/25/1211653846181.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23776064-421,00.html

What about this artist, who is showing an exhibition of two naked 11 year old boys?
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23797460-2,00.html
Posted by Steel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 4:36:15 PM
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My apologies for taking so long to get back. If anyone is still following the thread, rather than individually respond to posters' comments, I have just published a new blog post which includes the controversial Henson pictures and an updated precis of my stance on the issues surrounding them.

Viewing these pictures has enabled me to resolve most of the dilemmas that I discussed in my Online Opinion article - but a couple remain. For anyone interested, my new blog post can be found at: http://theboomtownrap.perthpunk.com/wordpress/?p=118
Posted by Ross Buncle, Friday, 6 June 2008 5:50:20 PM
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That's a good point about thought crime in there. We certainly are close to it.
Posted by Steel, Friday, 6 June 2008 6:26:51 PM
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It's just tragic when folk still want to batter the notion that there is a form of social commentary, in which social justice ideals are sustained, and in which "political correctness" is a real ideal and not just a fashion.

Don't imagine that you can knock folk just for trying to be politically correct, otherwise you only prove that you don't have your own social justice values sorted out.

If you want to knock the "politically correct" you at least have to have a real academic argument against the position which has already been debated into correctness.
Posted by Curaezipirid, Sunday, 8 June 2008 2:43:14 PM
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