People who read these forums should know by now my lifestyle choices and my view of Henson's work.

Before passing judgement, let's hear the full story. Gibo, your claims of witchcraft cannot be supported as these cannot be proven.

I accept that a lot of parents out there would not want their children to be photographed nude, but remember, these are not your children. The majority of Henson's work involving children has them fully clothed. Most nude models in photography come from backgrounds with an acceptance of nudity. The girl in Henson's photo that was the subject of the controversy in May is now an adult and still speaks in support of Henson.

Acceptance of nudity leads to a drop in sexual related crimes. Nudity does not have to be sexual, and visual depictions of nudity do not have to be porn. We think that because sex is done nude, nude must be sex. Not true. One of the theories that we have such hang ups about nudity in the English speaking world is because the word "nude" rhymes with "rude". Such attitudes to nudity do not exist in Continental Europe. Peadophillia is almost unheard of within the nudist movement. Teenagers from nudist families are less likely to be involved in sexual experimentation than those teenagers raised in the church.

Porky: << In my childrens local primary school, one of our own congregation members worked as a chaplain... >>

Personally, I'd find it rather "creepy" if a member of Porky's sect was employed as a chaplain at my kid's school. Imagine someone with a worldview as outlandish as Porky's being allowed unfettered access to vulnerable children.

Unlike the parents of the potential artistic subjects at the centre of this latest beat-up, we don't have any say at all about who is employed under the Howard-inspired ideological crusade that foisted godbothering "chaplains" on to secular state schools.

Steel says,
"Peadophillia is almost unheard of within the nudist movement. Teenagers from nudist families are less likely to be involved in sexual experimentation than those teenagers raised in the church."

Where are the statistics for such a claim?

Could it be because in nudist families develpoed testosterone boys have full sex with adult females and adult men with multiple adult females? These types of encounters are not concidered abnormal in these types of families, whereas in Churches teenagers are raised to value chastity and the giving of onself to only one. When this value is violated then is considered abnormal.

Persons committed to their values will accept as normal those values and not consider conflicting with what they consider as normal behaviour. The same goes for Henson, He sees no moral conflict in his mind, however others do. Not my daughter thank you!

"Could it be because in nudist families develpoed testosterone boys have full sex with adult females and adult men with multiple adult females?" - Philo.

Philo,

I must have been at nudist clubs with my eyes closed to miss that.

When I compare the nudist movement to the church, I speak from a point of authority. I'm involved in both. Nudists generally have more pure sexual morals than those who are not involved in the nudist movement. I've never heard of a teenage girl falling pregnant as a result of her families involvment in the nudist movement. I have known it to happen in the church.

I'm well aware that many Christians would not support my stand, but most Christians have never been to a nudist beach or nudist club and have not seen for themselves first hand what the nudist movement is about. If Christians really did know what happens at nudist clubs, they would not oppose them so much. (Believe me, sexually there's very little to get excited about). It has nothing to do with sex. Sex is something completely different, and that is why I do not consider Henson's work to be porn.

How predictable that the Principal of the school was a female at a 'liberal' Saint Kilda school. No guesses where her political allegiance would fall. I must admit I am surprised that Ms Gillard is showing some common sense. Full marks to her.

Steel Mann.

I said possible witchcraft connection.
Remember "the Glen Innes, New South Wales" story I told?
Members of the local conmmunity...counsellors, tourist folk, local artists etc got together and brought about the construction of a Stonehenge style rings of stones above the town called "THE STANDING RING OF STONES.

They then established a Celtic Festival to give glory to a long dead, God-displaced civilisation that was up to its neck in dark magic.

Come 2005 and local police were finding sacrificed chickens up at the STANDING STONES and were, through their relationship with the local pro-Occult council/tourist group, keeping a very tight lid on it.

The news got out just the same thanks to two christian ladies, myself and a brave local editor...the latter who would have suffered heaps from the "witchcraft power mob".

Having been connected to a Tourist Association in QLD many years ago I know who attends the meetings and what their agendas are.
Many are potters, weavers, artists... and photographers.

That town, that I lived in, had much occult and witchcraft in it because the artie-crafties had a strong connection with witchcraft.

For me to suggest that this "High Priest of child porn" would have an occult/witchracft connection would not be incorrect.

He would either have a direct connection to witchcraft himself or one through his associations with his friends in the "art/ art photo" world.

If police were more caring about the women and the children of Australia they would keep massive files on warlocks and witches and not simply let it all get swept under the carpet.
Because the occult folk willingly serve satan and his fallen spirits we must never take our eyes of them.
The demon world is extremely active around the artie crafties. It so often shows in the work they project.

A walk through the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney can a walk through a very dark world of, amongst other things, sexual immorality and drug and alcohol enduced visions.