Mural celebrating Revolutionary War called too violent for Greenwich pupils

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | June 6, 2006 | Associated Press

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The school plainly needs some manly art. This would put the fear of God in the little darlings.

And no, those aren't Mohammadens.

[PghBaldy]

I love WPA art. Have a mural down the street.

[nutmeg]

Thanks for the heads up on this one, but I pinged my CT list to a similar thread yesterday:

Mural may not be welcomed back to school

[RobbyS]

"I thought it was phenomenal growing up, but it was a different time," she said. "There was no Columbine or anything like that, and the schools have really done a lot of work on anti-violence. We are now promoting tolerance, accepting differences and all of that, and it doesn't belong in an elementary school."

She said the painting frightened her sons, ages 3 and 4, when they saw it at the library. She also said a depiction of Native Americans with tomahawks may not be appropriate.

Tells a lot about modern liberalism.

[Incorrigible]

Related thread from 2000

Abolitionist's rifle engulfs N.J. artist in fray [A PC conundrum]

 

[I still care]

That is one beautiful mural.

[Churchjack]

That is sad beyond measure. The very things the folks of NJ should be celebrating to their kids, they think should be hidden from them.

Took the family to a baseball game recently. Around the Texas Rangers stadium are some smallish friezes, depicting in monochrome relief scenes from Texas history. We looked at'em all -- and I proudly pointed out each character from that episode in San Antonio. Travis going down from being shot, Bowie prone bearing his knife, Crockett swinging his rifle, Santa Ana commanding the Mexican army...these are the inspiring characters of every Texans youth, and should always be so.

I've never heard of Putnam, but every NJ schoolchild should!

[Beckwith]

If all these anti violence policies are so good, why are students more violent than they used to be?

That would make a pretty good tagline.

[AmericanChef]

-I don't suppose it ever crossed their mind to TEACH what the picture might mean?-

Clearly the publik edoocashun indoctrination version of events is actively teaching kids that the R.W. was just a bunch of violent thugs killing and maiming the Mother Country for no reason. Better to take it back to Town Hall where somebody might appreciate it?

[FreedomCalls]

What has happened to American schools? When I was a little boy, boys loved gore.

Did you read any of the EC comics from the 50s?

[PghBaldy]

I did not.

[FreedomCalls]

Me neither as I was born after that storm passed (there were congressional hearings and all). But it does prove that sensibilities have drastically changed when in the 50s kids could take these kinds of comics to school and now when children are expelled for drawing pictures of guns.