Paris: Christmas tree? Or butt plug?

[Sava]

If you had a site or youtube channel dedicated to videos of you puking on people, I would contribute $5.

[Dauphin]

Paris is back at it.....

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33030781

Sculptor Anish Kapoor defends Versailles 'vagina' artwork

[kentonio]

I've no problem with controversial artwork (although I think this is pretty ****), but putting it in front of famous attractions is annoying. As the german tourist said, he came to see the palace, not some peice of art completely changing the tone of the place.

[regexcellent]

The problem with controversial "art" is that it invariably involves deliberately offending people by putting in a place where they will be forced to see it. When you stick a giant vagina sculpture or a butt plug in front of a famous landmark the message I'm getting isn't that you're pushing boundaries, it's that you're a giant *******.

[giblets]

The sculpture might as well be a giant *******.

[The Mad Monk]

...or a giant seashell.

Seriously, who looks at that thing and immediately thinks, "vagina"?

[pchang]

I think kids would run in there and hide from their parents.

[The Mad Monk]

...thereby becoming the most "meta" artwork ever.

[N35t0r]

[Sava]

The problem with controversial "art" is that it invariably involves deliberately offending people by putting in a place where they will be forced to see it. When you stick a giant vagina sculpture or a butt plug in front of a famous landmark the message I'm getting isn't that you're pushing boundaries, it's that you're a giant *******.

Seems like the problem is that whiny ****heads are getting offended by it. You know what defeats shock value? Not being shocked by it.