Forum: Community Center


Subject: Violence and interpretation in images

Naylin opened this issue on May 24, 2005 ยท 59 posts


hauksdottir posted Thu, 26 May 2005 at 12:00 AM

BDC, Christian crucifixions are allowed. Read ALL the rules. Personally, I can't understand why they make that exemption. Torture is torture. If they say "but Jesus's death was so pretty" with sunset clouds, then what about getting broken on the wheel (St Catherine), getting pegged full of arrows (St Stephen? or Sebastion?), or raped (half the female saints). Saying that it is a religious image is an excuse for what? Anything? In order to be fair, a law must apply to all. Saying that one religious group can evade a rule weakens the reasons for having the rule AND gives special rights and privileges to a subset of the community. If torture (the deliberate infliction of pain and/or suffering and/or privation) is heinous and offensive, then all images glorifying torture should certainly be excluded. Carolly