The Late, Great Aesthetic Taboos
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The Late, Great Aesthetic Taboos is an essay on censorship, NAMBLA, Stu Mead, Trevor Brown, Beth Love and Blalla W. Hallman by Ghazi Barakat.
Incipit:
- "It is now possible for the U.S. government to send an artist to prison for a painting or drawing that portrays a person under 18 years of age in a sexual manner. In Germany, and even in Canada, a person can be sentenced for using a swastika if it is deemed pro-Nazi rather than used in the approved historic or artistic context. The decision regarding artistic merit is usually left to an unqualified, ignorant and self-righteous judge or jury; the lack of clarity surrounding these laws is a serious infringement on freedom of expression. The "holy" First Amendment has become a constitutional joke, and for every battle won in its honor, many losses go unheard of. Our society is more concerned with protecting feelings and wealthy corporate hypocrites than protecting the right for artists to depict subjects of their choice (even if the context in which they use them is hard to swallow)."
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