pacifism

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy
I meant, of course:

"This is a typical, and typically pernicious, romantic inversion of the
adult/child relationship (, of the kind) that pervades and debases our
culture."

Clumsy of me, wasn't it?



--- Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Howdy
> --- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> in part
> 
> > But yesterday I had the opportunity to view the WTC art work of
> > children
> > here. 
> > I think the world must see this art as often as they have seen the
> > Hollywood / Tube
> > pornography shots of the planes and the collapse of the towers.
> 
> It was the act which is obscene, not the representation of the act. 
> I
> do think we would agree that all of us make ourselves aware of the
> distortions inherent in the repetitive representation and their
> linkages with other images.  Images such as those of little children
> holding hands, and of their artwork stuck on fences, for instance.
>  
> > Kids have a need to express themselves and they are, in their art,
> > poems, drawings on the sidewalks, in the street, in their
> > performances,
> > the toys and remembrances they carry around. This should be seen by
> > the
> > world. There is so much these kids can teach us. 
> 
> Negative. There is much we must teach these children.  This is a
> typical, and typically pernicious, romantic inversion of the kind of
> adult/child relationship that pervades and debases our culture.
> 
> > I don't think it's time to point fingers, as the one of children
> > said,
> > "it's time to hold hands."
> 
> But it is perfectly plain where the finger should point: at the men
> who
> ran three planes into three buildings, and a fourth into the ground. 
> It is a morally reprehensible act to refuse to acknowledge this.  It
> may be time for the children (who were targets of these men as well)
> to
> hold hands with one another. It is time, please, for adults to act
> their age.
> 
> Mark
> 
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