Current mores should never be used to judge the past. To consider this Rocco pedophilia is simply ignorant. The magic numbers used today for adulthood were very different in other eras. There's really nothing very special about numbers such as 13, 16, 18, 21 etc, except what society makes of them. Romeo and Juliette were 14 years old. Kings in their preteens married Queens in their 40's and vice versa for dynastic reasons, (for similar reasons Pharaohs married their sisters), Mohamed took a 12 year old as his 4th wife. None of this was considered particularly scandalous during the times they happened. I expect that our civilization will be viewed with horror by our descendants, though I couldn't tell you why. The reasons will probably have nothing to do with what you or I find horrible.
Bob W wrote: >>> A trailer on The First Post for a film about La Leibovitz: >>> http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?filmID=935 >>> >>> Looks quite interesting. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> >> And a review of the doco here (in the 2nd half of the article) >> >> http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainm >> ent/visual_arts/article3365432.ece >> >> > > That is a review and a half - thanks. I always enjoy watching Waldemar > Januszczak on the TV (he does Capital A Art programmes), but he really > takes an axe to that show (and the doco). > > I might say I was rather shocked to read this > " I doubt Leibovitz or Johansson are aware that O'Murphy was 14 when > Boucher painted her, and that their recreation celebrates an act of > rococo paedophilia. " > > I wasn't aware of that, and I've always considered the picture to be > particularly, er, worthy of study. > > Here it is for the curious: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher_026.jpg > > Bob > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
