pdxjims opened this issue on Nov 29, 2003 ยท 43 posts
maclean posted Sat, 29 November 2003 at 4:05 PM
A_ and rhiafaery, You obviously don't understand what I mean by 'political'. Any image becomes political when it portrays a scene that could be considered controversial, or could be open to different points of view. Example - I do a render of a nun with her breasts showing. That's what I mean by 'political'. Some people would laugh at it, others would say it's offensive, others would say it's sacrilege, etc, etc. I have no, repeat, NO problem with pxdjims concept of a family. But his image makes a statement that is open to discussion, depending on your moral POV. And he put it in a public gallery with comments enabled. That's why it's political and that's why a lot of the comments in the gallery praise or blast it from a social/moral POV. The reason he singled this particular comment out is because the person disagrees with him, which I think is unfair. Even though I ALSO disagree with that person. He has as much right as all the others who agreed with the scene to make his feelings known. I have zero tolerance for bigots and fanatics, but there is such a thing as discussion and education. You listen to other people, then tell them why you think they're wrong, and try to teach them better. Not call them cretins because they don't agree with you. mac