DagT wrote:

> Let´s go back to photography and talk about attempts in the US to
> stop the free speech of artist like Mapplethorpe, Sally Mann, Jock
> Sturges, etc, as well as certain differences between European and US
> versions of movies, music ++    .-)

The Mapplethorpe controversy was about whether public funds should be spent
(through the National Endowment for the Arts) on what he was producing.

It wasn't a free speech issue. It was a public funding of the arts issue.

Tom Reese

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