http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration
What if somebody went down right now and started shitting on the poppy fields at the tower of london ? or started spraying it with manure claiming its a art project against war ?�
Or walking around in a full SS Nazi uniform claiming its a art project to show nazis are still around in this world ?
She was arrested for doing something that was against the law , how is that not fair ? she would have gotten a fine or arrested in other countries too . If you dont think its fair then try to change the laws but it wasnt a conspiracy or something , just the law
Too me this is no better then those people on youtube who do " pranks " where they offend people or push their buttons , grope women and pick fights with people and then claim its a joke , prank or social experiment
Well, shitting on London Tower's poppy fields is a little different since that person doesn't own those flowers or that property. So even of it is artistic or a protest, I could understand getting arrested. But this piece is a really stupid reason for arresting someone. The idea of "flag desecration" is very flimsy and besides, we shouldn't arrest people based on "offense." It doesn't actually mean anything because you can produce the most innocent thing ever and still find someone who is offended by it. If there is some basis if intentionality behind it or a theory/philosophical foundation for it, then it has some artistic merit. It might not be much and you might argue that it is really horrible art, which is fine, but it doesn't require movements to censor it or the artist.
And you can't actually equate harassing or (sexually) assaulting a person with creating an art piece that some peopl find offensive? I really hope not.
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