Comments on: Asians Against Censorship

By: martyn

martyn — Sat, 27 May 2006 08:23:30 +0000

I’d command them all to sacrifice each other

By: Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:20:28 +0000

…and not only will you have the advantage of countless knobheads worshipping your every utterance, but by being alive enough to make conscious decisions you’ll be able to perform bespoke miracles etc…yey! The possiblities are endless!

By: Andy A

Andy A — Fri, 26 May 2006 07:02:13 +0000

And with that comment, Ricky, you've hit the nail right on the head. The religionists have got us by the short-and-curlies. God/Allah/Vishnu and the rest win. Odd how powerful these beings can be. I think I'll become nonexistent and see if I can wield that much influence on the art people will be allowed to see! :-)

By: Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith — Thu, 25 May 2006 11:53:41 +0000

Great idea, but I wonder which ISP would be brave enough to host it?

By: Andy A

Andy A — Thu, 25 May 2006 11:03:24 +0000

Perhaps every time there’s a protest about something like this (obviously, this wouldn’t work well with a play), the organisers should post the art on a website, making the point that it will get a far bigger audience. Since they’ve had to close down the physical exhibition, anyway, there should be no revenue considerations. Artists may decide that, provided certain criteria are met – such as duration of the online exhibition – they’re happy to have their works exhibited in this way, partly to show them off, of course, and partly as a protest against attempts at censorship. Every time this is done – and, if an organisation were to be adventurous, it could extend to videos of theatre – the point must be made: far more people are now going to see this; if you don’t protest when we want to stage it in meatspace, fewer people will see it – it’s up to you. It will obviously take some organisation, and some bodies talking to other bodies, and web space set up and hosted far away and anonymously (or in a safer country). But it could be done. Off-the-top-of-my-head thoughts at the moment – this could be refined. Unless of course I’ve missed something glaringly obvious and have been talking impracticable bollocks.

By: josef

josef — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:45:05 +0000

..although it seems more political ambition rather than real cause..

By: josef

josef — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:44:14 +0000

good idea, i guess your were looking for the good fight..now you’ve finally found one.

By: Monitor

Monitor — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:38:10 +0000

It’s a pretend god.

By: Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:30:49 +0000

” MWW bids them God-speed.”

Would that be a generic-God, or just their’s in particular? Just wonderin’!