Where Will It End.....

[Spicerack]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gallery-covers-up-art-after-complaints-by-muslim-viewers-wvc87fzlr

Or maybe you agree with it.
Sorry it's behind a paywall but I'm sure you get the gist. I have the article in front of me if you want more info.

[anotheoldgit]

Why do we continue to kowtow to this religion and it's believers?

[Old_Geezer]

Some folk do need to get into the present century.
Being overly sensitive isn't something to be encouraged.
Annoying we can't see what was covered up though. Difficult to speak authoritatively, blind.

[Spicerack]

It was nude ladies + Islamic writing, OG.

[douglas9401]

I don't suppose anybody ever thought of saying 'no' to these constant chippers away.

It's quite easy, doesn't take any effort at all.

[retrocop]

The only culture these people seem to appreciate is that of the stone age. Cave paintings perhaps. I shudder to recall all those sacred monuments blown up or smshed by Daesh and their adherents.

[Mamyalynne]

I can imagine a number of people with religious beliefs would be unhappy with their declaration of faith being used that way - I could simply walk by and ignore.

Others find it cuts deeper.

[Spicerack]

I don't remember Christians having much luck in removing blasphemous art, mamya. Could be wrong.

[Mamyalynne]

I have simply stated my view, not here to challenge yours.

[margarettom]

Just read the replies here and totally agree Art shouldn't be censored but I find the c*** that many galleries show these days utterly pointless and depressing and, from the description of these 'art works', they were of the same ilk.

[Calicogirl]

I'm assuming the controversy was the point of the art.
I personally don't think art should be censored but then I'm quite hard to outrage or offend and i like to be provoked. If you are deeply religious I imagine that it's easier for you to become offended.
When we aren't the offended ones it's easy to push the offence to one side and unimportant or meaningless, but I wonder how most people would feel if it was for example a painting of a little girl with graphic sexual desires written across it? Would quite a few more of us be unsettled and offended by that? I think we would. Would some of us complain that it is wrong, offensive and unpleasant and maybe ask for it to be taken down? I suspect so.
When we view it like that we can at least understand the motivation of those who complain. I personally don't think it should have been covered but I understand why it upset some people.

[CallieB]

I totally agree with Calicogirl. The artwork could have been confined behind a barrier of some sort with a caveat for the more sensitive Art enthusiasts. Some of Dalis work in the MAMVP in Paris was displayed to over 18's only with caveat. Some of these drawings showed Christian themes along with masturbation and although I'm not easily offended by Art Work they really did make me think how offensive they would be to devout Christians.

[Theland]

You invite somebody into your home, and they DEMAND that you you make changes so as not to offend them.
Substitute COUNTRY for HOME. Get it yet?

[CallieB]

Theland For many hundreds of thousands of Muslims Britain IS their home. I'm not defending either their beliefs or conduct, but if you are going to be outraged at least get your facts right.

[ToraToraTora]

we should all stop pandering to these barbarians, end of.

[luciustool]

Totally agree! Send them all back where they came from....Barbarians the lot of them!

[fender62]

CallieB, /many hundreds of thousands of Muslims Britain IS their home/ seems they take offence to a lot of western things, yet they still want to live here, it's not for the weather, so what is it, benefit system
nhs schools etc etc, i think they should up sticks and move to a muslim country, the ones who complain and berate the uk and western values
including art.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Liked Calico Girl's 5 o'clock post. Makes clear the kind of issues when cultures meet and sometimes collide. Must respond lucidly tomorrow. Tonight been kicking the cats (all six of them), feeding the free-loading "Number Seven" - he's too well groomed to be a stray, watching "Line of Duty" more out of a sense of duty than any special pleasure in the series (the late Corbett actor's performance apart), and watching the level in the bacardi bottle sink, which I think may be due to evaporation.