[Pappyo13]

Protests come from those who think the statue should be P.C. and depict a handicapped minority gay/lesbian vegetarian. Then all would be O.K.

Sorry, those are Canadian rules.

[GreatestTwist]

i like the idea how the sculptures base is on its head.. i coulda done a better job on the shirt thou

[johnleeknoefler]

It is certainly in bad taste. Imagine for a moment that your daughter had hung herself. Then some one wants to do a sculpture of that moment of her death. Hmm? YOU don't like that? Imagine the family of the woman who was photographed falling to her death. What do you think they would feel about such a sculpture? If you can empathize with another persons pain then you will feel very awkward about such a thing. If you have no feelings then you won't even understand why it would bother someone. So the real question is, "Do you have natural human emotions or are you insensitive?"

[gatagato]

Originally Posted by johnleeknoefler ↗

It is certainly in bad taste. Imagine for a moment that your daughter had hung herself. Then some one wants to do a sculpture of that moment of her death. Hmm? YOU don't like that? Imagine the family of the woman who was photographed falling to her death. What do you think they would feel about such a sculpture? If you can empathize with another persons pain then you will feel very awkward about such a thing. If you have no feelings then you won't even understand why it would bother someone. So the real question is, "Do you have natural human emotions or are you insensitive?"

Well, that was some great post, that raises many legitimate questions about what should be allowed or not, when it comes to art. A point that seems to be clear is that the artist didn't mean to depict someone in particular, but the 9/11 jumpers, in general. The artist, after the censorship, even claimed that in his opinion many people were mourning more for the loss of the Twin Towers than for the loss of human lives: I think he was wrong, and that it was just some pathetic attempt to justify his epic fail. Some very dear friend of mine from U.S. once told me that he was happy to have lost his dad before 9/11, so "he couldn't witness that tragedy in first person". That made me cry, there is no sculpture that could hurt me more than those incredibly sad but sweet words. 9/11 struck each one's soul in some different manner, the REAL documents including videos, photos, 911 calls audio and so on make a pseudo-artistic work like that absolutely useless, inopportune and incongruos, especially to be displayed at Rockefeller center, in New York City.

[johnleeknoefler]

Originally Posted by gatagato ↗

Well, that was some great post, that raises many legitimate questions about what should be allowed or not, when it comes to art. A point that seems to be clear is that the artist didn't mean to depict someone in particular, but the 9/11 jumpers, in general. The artist, after the censorship, even claimed that in his opinion many people were mourning more for the loss of the Twin Towers than for the loss of human lives: I think he was wrong, and that it was just some pathetic attempt to justify his epic fail. Some very dear friend of mine from U.S. once told me that he was happy to have lost his dad before 9/11, so "he couldn't witness that tragedy in first person". That made me cry, there is no sculpture that could hurt me more than those incredibly sad but sweet words. 9/11 struck each one's soul in some different manner, the REAL documents including videos, photos, 911 calls audio and so on make a pseudo-artistic work like that absolutely useless, inopportune and incongruos, especially to be displayed at Rockefeller center, in New York City.

I agree. I also have an idea. Maybe a great statue would be an angel. No one is against angels. Even atheists have nothing against angels I think. Hmm. Just an idea but I think worth considering. We do need a statue I think. It's like a human need.

[commondenom]

as long as it isn't a raghead angel...

[MonsterMetal]

Originally Posted by güttsfükk ↗

i wasnt thinking in terms of good or bad taste, just think it looks a bit stupid how the thing is just put there, looks like it's fallen over or something

gotta agree with that. looks kinda dumb.

[MonsterMetal]

Originally Posted by johnleeknoefler ↗

I agree. I also have an idea. Maybe a great statue would be an angel. No one is against angels. Even atheists have nothing against angels I think. Hmm. Just an idea but I think worth considering. We do need a statue I think. It's like a human need.

Atheists don't have anything against angels, or god for that matter. They just have an absence of belief that any such deities exist *shrug*
Indifference really.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by vnathan ↗

That statue looks dumb. Whoever made that is stupid. What was he thinking?

umm a testimonial to the female victims perchance?
did you read the original post?
retarded much?