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2007-05-16 India-Pakistan

For Left libertines, it's okay to malign Christ and Durga in 'art'

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Posted by John Frum 2007-05-16 06:43|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 How brave and daring of such a worldy progessive artist to risk the wrath of Cristians and Hindu's, you don't have to worry about getting your head hacked off or murdered in the street.
I'd like to see you try that shit with the Pedo prophet. Pussy.

Posted by JerseyMike 2007-05-16 07:27|| 2007-05-16 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 There is an Indian artist (a muslim) called MF Hussain. Almost 90 years old now, his paintings now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Lately he has been producing works of art featuring naked Hindu goddesses. Naturally he is being defended by the Indian left.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-16 07:42|| 2007-05-16 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 John Frum: Naked Hindu goddesses are hardly a shock for traditional Indian art. Unless you are somehow in favor of introducing blasphemy laws to protect some dolts notion of propriety regarding goddesses I suspect you do not even believe exist.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-05-16 09:37|| 2007-05-16 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Naked Hindu goddesses are hardly a shock for traditional Indian art.

I seem to recall there are some temples literally covered in them.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-05-16 11:49|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-05-16 11:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with JerseyMike.

This kind of "art" is really just carefully orchestrated political propaganda.

Posted by ex-lib 2007-05-16 12:52|| 2007-05-16 12:52|| Front Page Top

#6 A large cross depicting Christ with his penis hanging out, semen dripping from it into a commode.

NOT ART but the garbage of someone very deranged and that has a serious mental disorder. Infantile--much like the "flasher" who likes to expose himself for shock.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-16 14:17|| 2007-05-16 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Naked Hindu goddesses are hardly a shock for traditional Indian art.

True.. but Hussain isn't a traditional artist. Whatever artistic point a modern artist wishes to make could also be done with other deities. So why aren't they?

Why, as a muslim, doesn't he draw the naked Daughters of the Arab Moon God ?

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-16 15:43|| 2007-05-16 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Because some islamonutjob will come for him and he will end up dead?

Posted by Jinegum Peacock9131 2007-05-16 21:17|| 2007-05-16 21:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Won't be surprised if the 'artist' gets invited to a city sponsored show in San Francisco.

Posted by DMFD 2007-05-16 21:25|| 2007-05-16 21:25|| Front Page Top

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