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Topic: Ludicrous censorship
Posted by: Alastair Banton
Date/Time: 27/09/15 11:11:00

The Mall Galleries have just had a 6-day exhibition called 'Passion for Freedom'.  The exhibition is actually an annual event that exists to celebrate freedom of expression and therefore deliberately includes works that challenge conventions of taste or political orthodoxy.  It is intended to be uncensored and 'shocking'. 
But this year the police demanded an additional £36,000 from the gallery to deliver the level of protection they felt would be necessary unless works by an artist known as Mimsy were removed from the show because of their potentially ‘inflammatory content’.  So removed they were.
The works take a swipe at so-called ‘so-called Islamic State’ and have already been exhibited (to acclaim) elsewhere in London and they have been reproduced in the Telegraph and Guardian websites and seem most unlikely to inspire violence, especially if compared to some of the other works being shown in the same exhibition.
I think this is a disgrace and a terrible insult to people whose lives are being ruined by ISIS not to mention ordinary British muslims who would in no way be ‘inflamed’.  What were the police thinking?  For much more, follow the link.  It’s a fascinating if appalling story.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/26/sylvanian-families-isis-freedom-of-expression-exhibition


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:11:00 Alastair Banton
   Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:21:00 Paul Wright
      Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:28:00 Alastair Banton
   Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:28:00 Stuart Kerr
      Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:29:00 Alastair Banton
   Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:37:00 Francis Rowe
   Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:37:00 Carl Wynne
      Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:44:00 Russell Pearson
         Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:45:00 Paul Wright
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:49:00 Michael Brown
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:50:00 Paul Wright
   Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 11:54:00 Paul Wright
      Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 13:27:00 Russell Pearson
      Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 13:28:00 Claudia Jachtmann
         Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 13:44:00 Michael Brown
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 14:00:00 Donna Fraser
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 14:08:00 Alastair Banton
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 15:15:00 Donna Fraser
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 15:44:00 Colin Jordan
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ludicrous censorship27/09/15 16:02:00 Russell Pearson
                        Is this actually censorship?27/09/15 16:18:00 Francis Rowe
                           Re:Is this actually censorship?27/09/15 16:50:00 Stuart Kerr
                              Re:Re:Is this actually censorship?27/09/15 16:55:00 Alastair Banton
                                 Re:Re:Re:Is this actually censorship?27/09/15 17:52:00 Russell Pearson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Is this actually censorship?27/09/15 18:19:00 Carl Wynne
                                       the plot thickens ...27/09/15 20:29:00 Claudia Jachtmann
                                          Re:the plot thickens ...27/09/15 21:01:00 Claudia Jachtmann
                                             Re:Re:the plot thickens ...28/09/15 08:48:00 Felicity Caborn
                                                Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 09:17:00 Russell Pearson
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 11:33:00 Alastair Banton
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 11:49:00 Paul Corcoran
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 13:36:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 13:44:00 Carl Wynne
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:the gravy thickens ...28/09/15 13:50:00 bobby osborne
         Re:Re:Re:Warwick Uni backs down29/09/15 15:55:00 Alastair Banton
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Uni backs down29/09/15 17:50:00 Claudia Jachtmann
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Uni backs down30/09/15 07:55:00 Francis Rowe
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Student Uni backs down30/09/15 09:54:00 Russell Pearson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Student Uni backs down30/09/15 11:23:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Student Uni backs down30/09/15 12:42:00 Alastair Banton
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Warwick Student Uni backs down30/09/15 13:00:00 Cllr Sam Hearn

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