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Baltica · 02-05-2002, 04:22 PM

Ashcroft is our new Taliban leader,first causing the semi-nude statues (installed in 1936)in the Hall of Justice to be covered! Give an inch, the Chistian Coalition will take a mile.Prurience in the mind of the beholder. As a sculptor, that disgusts me.I hear that a statue in the lobby of NBC in NYC has been complained of also. Wonder when they will close down the Museums and burn the Rubens paintings?

Toto · 02-05-2002, 05:27 PM

Can't resist.

<a href="http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2002/012902.asp" target="_blank">ATTORNEY GENERAL: "AMERICA MUST CEASE TO BE A LURID STATUARY OF DEVIANT SEX"</a>

(Warning: parody. picture of nude statute.)

and

<a href="http://www.bettybowers.com/prudes.html" target="_blank">Patriotic Republicans Unctuously Dressing Erotic Statues (P.R.U.D.E.S)</a>

DougI · 02-05-2002, 08:08 PM

What was Asscroft worried about? The nub that he'd get would be easily covered by the podium. I do like Republican use of taxpayer money. Eight thousand dollars to cover up the statues was a better idea than moving the podium. No wonder Bush blew our surplus.

southernhybrid · 02-07-2002, 05:19 AM

Whenever I hear the news media refer to John Walker Lindt as the "American Taliban", I think they are referring to the Bush Administration. The news gave only a few seconds of coverage to the expensive burka that was created to cover the statues.

Prometevsberg · 02-07-2002, 07:25 AM

One thing about the problem public authorities in the US have with the renaissance iconography of justice was that the staments on the matter were quoting presse secretary Barbara Comstock. Is this or is this not a good moment to revive that old expression "comstockism"..?(google it)

02-05-2002, 04:22 PM	#1
Baltica New Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FL USA Posts: 1	Ashcroft 's Nude Statues Complaint Ashcroft is our new Taliban leader,first causing the semi-nude statues (installed in 1936)in the Hall of Justice to be covered! Give an inch, the Chistian Coalition will take a mile.Prurience in the mind of the beholder. As a sculptor, that disgusts me.I hear that a statue in the lobby of NBC in NYC has been complained of also. Wonder when they will close down the Museums and burn the Rubens paintings?

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02-05-2002, 05:27 PM	#2
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Can't resist. <a href="http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2002/012902.asp" target="_blank">ATTORNEY GENERAL: "AMERICA MUST CEASE TO BE A LURID STATUARY OF DEVIANT SEX"</a> (Warning: parody. picture of nude statute.) and <a href="http://www.bettybowers.com/prudes.html" target="_blank">Patriotic Republicans Unctuously Dressing Erotic Statues (P.R.U.D.E.S)</a>

02-05-2002, 08:08 PM	#3
DougI Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Wichita, KS, USA Posts: 932	What was Asscroft worried about? The nub that he'd get would be easily covered by the podium. I do like Republican use of taxpayer money. Eight thousand dollars to cover up the statues was a better idea than moving the podium. No wonder Bush blew our surplus.

02-07-2002, 05:19 AM	#4
southernhybrid Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: heavenly Georgia Posts: 3,862	Whenever I hear the news media refer to John Walker Lindt as the "American Taliban", I think they are referring to the Bush Administration. The news gave only a few seconds of coverage to the expensive burka that was created to cover the statues.

02-07-2002, 07:25 AM	#5
Prometevsberg Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 86	One thing about the problem public authorities in the US have with the renaissance iconography of justice was that the staments on the matter were quoting presse secretary Barbara Comstock. Is this or is this not a good moment to revive that old expression "comstockism"..?(google it)

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