paedophilia or art?


	paedophilia or art?

boozich

5-23-2008 3:20 AM

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boozich says:

some of the photos can be seen here..
http://media.theaustralian.com.au/multimedia/2008/05/23-henson/index.html

they have caused a furore and allegations of paedophilia. Police came to close down his exhibit...as someone said it was distasteful.

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5-23-2008 10:27 AM

Socratoad

After a cursory glance I realized that this "art" is certainly not my cup of tea.

However one must always be very careful about legislating or censoring everybody else's sense of aesthetics

5-23-2008 10:12 PM

silvanaraihane

nor mine!

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