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Vandals bring down sex toy shaped sculpture in Paris
Reuters ^ | 10-18-2014

Posted on 10/18/2014 7:47:34 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

Vandals attacked a giant green inflatable sculpture in one of the most famous squares in Paris in the early hours of Saturday after its resemblance to a sex toy sparked an outcry.

The 24-meter-high canvas artwork by U.S. artist Paul McCarthy was unveiled on Thursday in Place Vendome, famous for its luxury jewellery stores and the Ritz Hotel.

"An unidentified group of people cut the cables which were holding the artwork, which caused it to collapse," police told Reuters. "The person responsible for the piece then decided to deflate it to avoid it being more seriously damaged."

The deflated sculpture was being removed from the square on Saturday afternoon.

McCarthy told French newspaper Le Monde that his work "Tree" was inspired both by a sex toy called a butt plug and a Christmas tree.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: antichristian; france; homofascism; napl; paris; paulmccarthy; pornification; sextoy; waronchristianity; waronchristmas
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To: Citizen Zed
Look under Obamacare its cover as a medical device. .. perfect for solving that Ebola anal leakage problem...
21 posted on 10/18/2014 9:46:06 AM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: Morgana; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
That is a sex object? Looks more like an old fashion bed knob to me.

Everything is somebody's fetish.


22 posted on 10/18/2014 10:07:23 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
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To: Citizen Zed

S’what when you let a homo display his narcissistic, infantile “art.”


23 posted on 10/18/2014 10:33:34 AM PDT by Banjoguy (The U.S. government is now a criminal enterprise, at war with the population.)
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To: I want the USA back

Ditto and ditto!


24 posted on 10/18/2014 10:37:53 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: Citizen Zed
McCarthy told French newspaper Le Monde that his work "Tree" was inspired both by a sex toy called a butt plug and a Christmas tree.

Inspired! By something painfully (I assume, by reflection) shoved into the anus. We seem to live in a time of great technology and horrible "art" - perhaps the two are anathema.

25 posted on 10/18/2014 11:07:25 AM PDT by Moltke ("The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution if you only know how to use it.")
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To: Morgana

It looks just like a tree to me, but then again, I guess it’s all where your mind is.

Projection is an interesting thing.

That said, it is an atrocity and calling it *art* is using a VERY loose definition of the word and an insult to true artists everywhere.


26 posted on 10/18/2014 11:08:14 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Morgana; jsanders2001; Slings and Arrows

Specifically it is an object worshipped by the homo community.
It is called a ‘butt plug’.
Living in New York and dealing with some random vocal types has been truly educational.

SOoooo, the “artiste” has made a giant inflatable icon of his object of desire, thus telling the whole world he is a flamer.


27 posted on 10/18/2014 12:22:51 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: I want the USA back
If you ask emergency room personel & x ray techs,
you will learn that there is practically nothing that homos WONT shove up their rear ends.
28 posted on 10/18/2014 12:46:13 PM PDT by 45semi (A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
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To: Citizen Zed

Looks more a giant lego than a se toy IMHO


29 posted on 10/18/2014 12:47:34 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: Darksheare

> SOoooo, the “artiste” has made a giant inflatable icon of his object of desire, thus telling the whole world he is a flamer.

You summed that up much better than I...: )


30 posted on 10/18/2014 1:48:06 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Lol, thanks!
I imagine he was very upset that someone critiqued his “work”.


31 posted on 10/18/2014 3:10:02 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

1. http://youtu.be/5akEgsZSfhg

2. I’m kind of disappointed it collapsed when they cut the cables. I had this mental image of it flying over the Paris skyline like “The Red Balloon”.

3. But seriously, folks, that thing looks like Macy’s started working with the Pride Parade.


32 posted on 10/18/2014 6:48:41 PM PDT by RichInOC ("ARMAGEDDON!!!" *BOOM!* "And the rodents' red glare...gerbils bursting in air...")
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To: RichInOC

4. Richard Gere wants one of those for when he runs out of gerbils.


33 posted on 10/18/2014 8:09:04 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
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To: Citizen Zed; All

I’m sorry for the young children who will see this and, wanting to learn more about the ‘artist,’ will look him up on the internet and find out what his true intentions and meanings are.

Intentionally scarring the psyche of decent people and destroying innocence of children at an extremely young age with disgusting themes and content has been a recurring theme from many militant homosexuals. It’s unfortunate that Paris’ Mayor and other elected officials are giving this lunatic a public platform and funding to pursue his vile mental illness in a way that can harm others so easily, and in ways that they’ll never recover from.
This is not art and it provides no benefit to Society.


34 posted on 10/19/2014 4:39:48 AM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Citizen Zed; GeronL

Obama only gives a rat’s a$$ about those who defame the prophet of Islam.

The man probably walks with a buttplug in place while he stands at the podium.

But offensive youtube videos (no, not the beheading videos) MUST COME DOWN.

Same with comic panels.


35 posted on 10/20/2014 7:12:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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