Piss Christ Vs. Cartoon Jihad

[Bonnie]

So what makes Muslims special??? Please tell me again how loving and sophisticated many Muslims are, because all I'm seeing are barbaric, ignorant, intolerant, and unsophisticated people that are extremely easily riled up into killing frenzies, and seem to hold human life no higher than dirt. Have I missed something here??





By Rocco DiPippo
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 6, 2006

Back in 1988, Andres Serrano submerged a crucifix in a vat of his urine, photographed the result and called it “art.”

Naturally, many of the world's two billion Christians were bothered by his antics. Members of the U.S. Congress called for a hard look at the National Endowment for the Arts, which had helped fund Serrano. Public outcry against Serrano was vocal and widespread.

As the uproar grew, numerous editorials in defense of Piss Christ, Serrano's controversial creation, were printed in U.S. and European newspapers and the Western cultural elite quickly sprang to his defense. For months, the New York Times beat the “freedom of expression” drum for all its worth, publishing numerous articles and opinion pieces sympathetic to Serrano and depicting him as courageous. In New York City, where Serrano lived, 400 New York artists held a public rally in support of his work and his right to create and display it. Serrano became a celebrated art world hero.

Though some criticisms of Piss Christ, and the man who created it, were intemperate, Serrano's art was never forced underground, nor was his life seriously threatened, nor was he forced into hiding a la Salman Rushdie or placed in protective custody. Violence-prone packs of Christians did not roam the streets of Paris, or London, or Frankfurt, or Madrid, or New York calling for the head of Piss Christ's creator.

Serrano as “art star,” soon faded like the controversy caused by his tasteless creation. Today, as in the 1980s, he freely and openly produces provocative, blasphemous and often pornographic art including that which reflects the cultural elite's unending obsessions with, and deification of, homosexuality, transgenderism, and bodily mutilation. He never has, nor will he likely ever, push the outer limit of controversial artistic expression by creating work critical of, or disrespectful towards Islam.

Contrast the Christian reaction to Serrano's openly blasphemous Piss Christ, with that of the Muslim reaction to a series of cartoons recently published in the Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper.

Late last year, the Jyllands-Posten decided to test the limits of free speech by publishing a series of cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. Politicized and radicalized Muslims have reacted to their publication by calling for the deaths of the cartoonists, by beating up shopkeepers who sell Danish products and by holding vocal, and often violent, demonstrations.

Members of the terrorist Islamist “Glory Brigades” now threaten Denmark with homicide bombing. The murderous savages comprising Palestinian Islamic Jihad marched on the UN headquarters in Gaza, Palestinian thugs took over Gaza's European Union office to protest the cartoons and demand their removal. Danish flags are being torched and shops selling Danish products are being boycotted and vandalized all over the Arab and Muslim world. Even Libya got in on the act, closing its embassy in Copenhagen to protest the Danish government's refusal to force Jillyand-Posten to remove the cartoons.

Christianity is routinely mocked and vilified in most counties where Islam is the dominant religion. Countless thousands of Christians have, in recent years, paid the ultimate price for practicing their faith among Muslims, including three young Indonesian girls butchered by Muslim psychopaths as they walked to Christian school. Hate-filled anti-Semitic cartoons pepper the pages of Arab and Muslim newspapers. Programs meant to incite hatred of Judaism and violence against Jews are regularly featured on Arab Muslim television networks. And yet, politicized Muslims, who rarely, if ever, categorically condemn the barbarous acts of their co-religionists and often cheer those same acts, behave as if they desire to see “infidel” blood spilled over a series of provocative drawings. Is their religion not strong enough to withstand the cartoon assault on it?

The response to all this, from the appeasement-prone Western cultural elite, has been a predictable, Theo van Gogh-like silence. The response from the American main-stream media, a virtual news blackout.

In spite of the glaring lack of support by, ironically, those in America ideally positioned to suffer from any restrictions on free expression, Denmark and its government refuse to cave in and apologize to the Muslim cultural police, even as the leftwing government of Denmark's pathologically “tolerant” neighbor, Norway, stumbles down the path of dhimmitude by doing exactly what Denmark will not.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21171

 

[Annie]

I agree. If all the so called 'peaceful Muslims' were to whisper condemnation of the violence, they would be heard, loud and clearn. I'm not hearing...

 

[dilloduck]

I agree. If all the so called 'peaceful Muslims' were to whisper condemnation of the violence, they would be heard, loud and clearn. I'm not hearing...

Maybe there aren't any. If they are TRUE followers they must convert and kill according to the koran. If they speak out against the "true believers" the would be exposed as sinners against allah. If there are no moderates, what should be the America's next step?

 

[Abbey Normal]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bonnie again.

Superb find, Bonnie. The truths contained in the article are axiomatic, but people are so blind to them, that it should be required reading.

 

[deaddude]

If all Muslims are the hate-mongering reactionary sons of bitches that you see on the TV than why are we trying to rebuild Iraq? We should kill every man woman and child and bomb it till the desert turns into glass. Come to think of it, why the hell did we get rid of Sadam? He was killing muslims left, right, and center. Sounds like we should be thanking him.

 

[Bonnie]

If all Muslims are the hate-mongering reactionary sons of bitches that you see on the TV than why are we trying to rebuild Iraq? We should kill every man woman and child and bomb it till the desert turns into glass. Come to think of it, why the hell did we get rid of Sadam? He was killing muslims left, right, and center. Sounds like we should be thanking him.

I suppose we are hoping that freedom, happiness, and prosperity will open their minds to a more peaceful way of life and respect for others. Seems like a better policy than the two extremes killing them or "understanding their rage".

 

[GotZoom]

I think Serrano should make a Piss Mohammad.

Oh wait...he wouldn't be allowed to show it.

It might offend someone.

 

[Nienna]

If all Muslims are the hate-mongering reactionary sons of bitches that you see on the TV than why are we trying to rebuild Iraq? We should kill every man woman and child and bomb it till the desert turns into glass. Come to think of it, why the hell did we get rid of Sadam? He was killing muslims left, right, and center. Sounds like we should be thanking him.

You catch more flies with honey, Deaddude. Whenever possible without endangering our people or bowing to unfair ideology, we should show peace, mercy and harmony to EVERYONE. Some Islamic people's brains have not been washed so squeaky-clean that they will not recognize and embrace this. And anyway, WE are not THEM. We do not retaliate in kind, as a general rule.

 

[archangel]

Sorry to be a realist...but there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim...They are hell bent on taking over the world and a total conversion to Islam..."Tolerance" is not in their vocabulary...Bring back the 'Knight Templars'...end of story! Appologist are not accepted either...just taken over or beheaded!

 

[deaddude]

I disagree. I know that there are decent muslims. When you hear of Iraqis standing up so that we can stand down, most of those iraqis are muslims. And that was what I was saying, I hear alot of people say that there are no "peaceful muslims" and then point out all of the good things we are doing in Iraq. It just gets to me somtimes that they dont seem to realise that the people we are helping (and the people who are helping us) in Iraq are mostly muslim.

 

[dilloduck]

Step back and feel the frustration. Americans have no clue how to respond to a violent religion. Some say kill em all, some want to understand em, some want to forgive em, some want them to monitor themselves, some want the press to handle em and some want Israel or Europe to deal with em. Until Americans can develop some majority opinion on the best method of dealing with the crisis it only grows. By not confronting the true nature of Islam we are risking horrifying consequences. It may take a miracle worker but anyone who has the courage to initiate that interchange wil be a hero in my book.

 

[Powerman]

This Piss Jesus is much worse than the cartoon for this simple fact: Our tax dollars are funding this nonsense.

Not only is the "art" stupid and worthless but the fact that we are funding ANY art is just fucking absurd. Art doesn't need to be funded by the govt.

What liberal fucking idiot approved the spending for this program?

 

[CSM]

This Piss Jesus is much worse than the cartoon for this simple fact: Our tax dollars are funding this nonsense.

Not only is the "art" stupid and worthless but the fact that we are funding ANY art is just fucking absurd. Art doesn't need to be funded by the govt.

What liberal fucking idiot approved the spending for this program?

I think it was Psychoblues....

JUST KIDDING PEOPLE!!!

 

[theHawk]

What liberal fucking idiot approved the spending for this program?

Powerman? Is that you ?

 

[Powerman]

Powerman? Is that you ?

Yeah. I'm surprisingly conservative despite not being religious.

 

[Bonnie]

Powerman? Is that you ?

I was wondering the same thing :rotflmao: Have the body snatchers invaded???

 

[Nuc]

At least the "Piss Christ" controversy was about two different factions of Western culture arguing about what is appropriate to depict within Western culture.

This thing is savages from the desert trying to tell Western culture how it should conduct itself. Some of them are telling their host countries that they should change the rules for them. And the host countries are bending over and taking it.

 

[Powerman]

At least the "Piss Christ" controversy was about two different factions of Western culture arguing about what is appropriate to depict within Western culture.

This thing is savages from the desert trying to tell Western culture how it should conduct itself. Some of them are telling their host countries that they should change the rules for them. And the host countries are bending over and taking it.

Yeah that's the problem. Countries need to stand up and not bend one bit on this issue. Free speech must be defended at all costs. Whether or not some insane muslims like it or not.

 

[Bonnie]

At least the "Piss Christ" controversy was about two different factions of Western culture arguing about what is appropriate to depict within Western culture.

This thing is savages from the desert trying to tell Western culture how it should conduct itself. Some of them are telling their host countries that they should change the rules for them. And the host countries are bending over and taking it.

Right up the rear cheeks !!

 

[Powerman]

Right up the rear cheeks !!

Bonnie go to the politics lounge and look at the link I posted about the French. Cirac seems as if he wants to appease these crazy muslims.