Posted on 09/15/2010 1:59:51 PM PDT by chessplayer
People have asked me my opinion of the Rev. Terry Jones' threat to burn the Quran this past weekend. Personally I think the best thing to do with this story is to not give this insignificant media-hound with all of fifty parishioners avoice. But it's way too late for that now. So, of course I find the action in poor taste - I would never burn any religion's sacred parchment. That is just wrong and disrespectful to millions trying to practice their faith and go about their daily lives in peace.
However, something did occur to me this weekend. Jones is going about this all wrong. If he really wants to burn the Islamic holy book, I know a way that he could do it while at the same time have every left wing pundit and mainstream news outlet not decry his act but rather defend and even celebrate it. He should burn it on the steps of the Museum Of Modern Art up here in New York. And instead of calling it a protest, or a statement, he should just call his Quran torching "art." In the interest of consistency, artistic integrity and fairness, maybe he can even do it in the building, right on the same spot where in 1989 the infamous "Piss Christ" photo was proudly exhibited. You remember that? The piece of "art" that showed a crucifix submerged in urine? As artist Andres Serrano explained his artistic vision in an open letter to the National Endowment for the Arts:
Good question; but it wouldn’t have been “art”, unless he had a government grant to produce it.
Sorry. Rednecks don’t make art.
Art can only criticize the right or conservatives. It is in the rule book of the NEA.
PS. The guy in NY who did burn the Koran at the WTC mosque protest was just fired from his job with the Port Authority - assistant train conductor or some such. White blue collar guys don’t make art either.
Seriously, just as there is no way a black person will be convicted of a hate crime,
no “art” will be called art if it criticizes or defames an entity or religion that is opposed to Christianity.
http://www.persecution.com/
Art would have been putting a koran in a jar of urine. Or smearing dung all over one.
Only I would make a little statue of mad mo with a bomb on his head and holding a koran and have that submerged in a jar of pig piss.
I'd call it “PISS MAD MO”
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