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On Oct 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, David Thorstad wrote: > > Gay socialist mayor of Paris as censor... "Delanoë defended his decision by saying that "what was easy (to show) 20 years ago causes problems today." In a letter to the Greens last week, he said a ban for youth was the only way "to allow a great artist to show in a great Paris museum." Considering how much puritanical and prurient sex-hysteria has been fostered worldwide by the uncultural right in the past twenty years, even infecting many subscribers to these lists (recall the obscene delight taken by some in the persecution of Polanski), and considering the Giulianiish fascist tendencies of Sarkozy's regime, more understanding of Delanoë's defensive posture might be in order. I suspect that the word among museum staff is "surtout, pas de zèle!" Shane Mage "L'après-vie, c'est une auberge espagnole. L'on n'y trouve que ce qu'on a apporté." Bardo Thodol ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com