@bandolin I don't see what there is about my statement to disagree with; it's just basic logic. A violent, predatory rapist might consider his photos of his crime to be works of art, whereas I'd regard them as scenes-of-crime pictures useful only as evidence for bringing him to justice (preference - bullet to back of head). The artistic merit of something is in the 'eye' of the beholder. Just because a particular beholder appreciates something as 'art' doesn't mean anyone else should be required to give it special consideration. I'd risk entering a burning building to save the last existing set of Beethoven scores for posterity; someone profoundly deaf from birth might wonder what had possessed me.