Israeli vandalises Swedish suicide bomber art

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Ramo
Just heard about a rabbi that stood in front of a Palestinian house that was to be bulldozed by the Israeli gov't. He's being prosecuted atm. Awesome guy.

http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.a...ntcategoryid=5

He gets my vote.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Agathon
Why not just ban everything that right wing Israelis find offensive?

On what exact basis did you assume that the ambassador is a right winger?

Or did you just want to brush all Israelis with a right wing brush, you bigotted little *****?

Which begs the question, why do you hate the piece so much that you want it destroyed? Are you afriad of what other people will think, and want to censor what they can be exposed to? Or are you afriad of what it makes you, yourself, think?

Tell me, would you mind a large crucifix, a KKK logo, and a picture of Hitler as Jesus? Why do you hate it? Are you afraid of what other people will think? Or are you afraid of what it makes you, yourself, think?

[Sirotnikov]

Tell me, how do you people think would the families of loved ones who were killed in 9/11 would act, if that 'art' piece featured Mohammed Atta?

Exactly the same, that's how.

So stop using this case as something to beat the 'crazy jews who try to censor everything' with.

It's a case of insensitivity, and possibly an attempt to legitimize or rationalize an act of brutality that doesn't deserve such honors.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

Tell me, would you mind a large crucifix, a KKK logo, and a picture of Hitler as Jesus? Why do you hate it? Are you afraid of what other people will think? Or are you afraid of what it makes you, yourself, think?

I wouldn't wish any piece of art to be destroyed simply because they contained a crucifix, KKK logo, or hitler. Infact, I imagine that pieces with such content could potentially be very powerful, and very good. Or funny. I'd like to see a picture of hitler on the cross, like jesus. maybe throw a KKK hood on for good measure.


(and I would imagine you'd find many pieces containing things of that nature in the holocaust museum, by the way... although i don't personally know)

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

It's a case of insensitivity, and possibly an attempt to legitimize or rationalize an act of brutality that doesn't deserve such honors.

It's a case of ignorance or an unwillingness to understand, and possibly an attempt to politicize an art piece and create censorship around an issue.

[General Ludd]

I don't think you could say that Mohammed Atta looks like snow white, by the way.

[GePap]

What a strange discussion:

If this ambassador where to go into a theater showing "Triumph Des Willens", would he storm the booth and destroy the reel? And that most definitely is a work of glorification...

What the ambassador did was unacceptable- he should be quicked out of the country, and made to pay damages for what he did. NO, there is no excuse- it does not matter if he was offendend- it deos not matter if anyone here shares his outrage- this was a work of art, and his act was, besides one of censorship, one of vandalism, and he showed immense disrespect for his host country.

As for the piece of art itself- I am sorry, but anyone who thinks this glorifies what she did is honestly being denser than lead.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Was it equating or was it irony; that somebody who superficially resembles Snow White is actually the opposite of an innocent?

I agree, there is great irony in this piece. I personally do not have a problem with it (sorry, Siro).

[Al'Kimiya]

Cool guy

Giving away to his urges and becoming the anarchist we all dream of for a moment. Kudos

[The Mad Monk]

I'd like to add that I feel damn strange standing on this side of the line.

[GePap]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
I'd like to add that I feel damn strange standing on this side of the line.

So if you consider yourself pro-Israeli, you must automatically approve of the actions of all members of the Israeli government by default?

Which side of the line are you on that you feel strange? That of common sense?

[Eli]

She secretly crossed into Israel, charged into a Haifa restaurant, shot a security guard, blew herself up and murdered 19 innocent civilians

I dont remember her shooting a guard.

Edit : Also, 21 people were killed in that bombing. Not 19.

[Al'Kimiya]

Originally posted by Eli
I dont remember her shooting a guard.

Artistic freedom to emphasize her heroism

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Winston
Why represent the suicide bomber as Snow White in the first place, if not to convey the message of purity and innocence, at least to some extent?

Some people--apparently not the ambassador or you--are smart enough to see it as bitter irony.

People are so dense...

1) The artist is an Israeli Jew
2) The caption of the artwork details the act of this women describing it as a murder of innocents
3) Her picture is floating in pool representing the blood of her victims

I'm still waiting for a plausible explanantion of how any of this is meant to glorify her.

The ambassador should be ashamed for his behavior. He's a cretin.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
It's a case of insensitivity, and possibly an attempt to legitimize or rationalize an act of brutality that doesn't deserve such honors.

The other artist, Feiler's Swedish wife Gunilla Skoeld Feiler, told daily Expressen that the work was "not a glorification of the suicide bomber."

"I wanted to show how incomprehensible it is that a mother-of-two, who is a lawyer no less, can do such a thing," she said.

Nobody bothers to read any more I guess.