The neon men playing an upside down game of 'hide the sausage' is not much to my personal taste, as it were, but I appreciate that others may find it stimulating. I might see one aspect of it as a cynical appeal to those affluent 'dinkies', dual income - no kids, who are often art buyers.
I don't find that piece as shocking somehow as the piece I posted recently of the lady and the stars. The Bruce piece is hanging in a modern art gallery where perhaps one might expect to be shocked, whereas the other is hanging in a respectable dining establishment where people are eating and in full public view from outside. When it comes to words and our reaction to the sound groupings which make them, they trigger responses in us and are, I suppose, only as powerful as we let them be. An orthodox Mullah had his bushy beard cut every day. Every time the barber would say things like: 'What do you think about the infidels, Mullah?' or 'Have you seen what the infidels are saying about us today?' This went on and on until one day the Mullah exploded and said 'What is this unhealthy preoccupation you have with the infidels?' The barber replied: 'The preoccupation is all yours, Mullah, because every time I say the word infidel your beard bristles, making it much easier for me to cut, which is the only reason I say it.' Does the English word spunk mean to you a quality of mind showing enthusiasm, boldness, energy, courage, determination and motivation? My mother used that word reasonably often, mainly because she thought I had none of those attributes, but I never heard my mother swear once, in my whole life. I hear that in the US it's almost impossible to be elected as a politician if you are an atheist. There is now a US movement to call atheists 'Bright', following the once-oppressed minority that have successfully annexed the word 'Gay'. If this idea takes hold, bright will become a loaded word, rarely to be used outside the context of atheism. John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
