> Oh no, some people in the academic/scientific community > engage in groupthink > and petty back-biting? The world is ending!
> Funny, I seem to remember liberals and conservatives on > the othe sides of > this issue of funding when it came to the arts. Liberals > were all in favor > of giving funding to anyone who wanted it, but > conservatives wanted to limit > funding to "socially acceptable" art. In both cases, I > disagree with the > position that funding should be limited to people who > agree with a certain > point of view. Right... No dick on the statue of David. How utterly obtuse. Personally I'm not convinced that art should have government funding... I'm not convinced it shouldn't either, just not convinced it should. But if it gets government funding, then _any_ art should be allowed to have government funding, even if it's a big statue of Bush analy raping somebody's grandmother. Which would basically be my argument against government funding of the arts -- not that people would use that funding for offensive works (because I think offensive work can be as valuable as inoffensive work), but because there's no way to judge how any individual work benefits the public and I don't see any really viable way to determine who would get the money, outside of possibly "first come first served", which doesn't sit well with me either. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204006 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
