I noticed that right away. I commented on this to a Berkeley liberal who was having a beer next to me at my neighborhood pub. Told him I thought they'd look great on the walls of the Brooklyn Museum and perhaps they should have an exhibit there called "crimes of war."
He wasn't amused. Accused me of being a heartless bastard.
He was a newcomer and hadn't yet heard I was the token conservative there, so I raised my voice excitedly and told him it was puritanical busibodies like him who had persecuted artists like Mapplethorpe and that he'd probably censor the work of a great like Helmut Newton if he could. Suggested he come into the 20th century, then work his way up to the 21st from there. By now, his jaw was clenched, which has always been my cue to move on.
I don't think I made a new friend that day.
Mapplethorpe and Newton....exactly. I suppose I qualify as a heartless bitch, if the qualifying characteristic is one who doesn't like to be coerced into "feeling".