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I don't find the (ex) statues (what I've seen of them) terribly artistic. They are
big, and they are old. As far as art, I could make something the same if I wanted to
waste my life (and quite possibly lose it) in the construction. I consider it art of
the same importance as the fibreglass Ronald McDonald in the local playground, or the
schoolchildren's mural on the wall of the local primary school.
Ugly, not functional, I won't be shedding any tears.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:16:49 EST "Prudence L. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>In a message dated 03/05/2001 3:33:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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><< ``All officials, including the ministry of vice and virtue, have been
>given the go-ahead to destroy the statues,'' the Taliban's Information
>Minister Qadratullah Jamal said Thursday. ``The destruction work will be done
>by any means available to them.''
> ``All the statues all over the country will be destroyed,'' he said.
>
> The statues mentioned in the article are statues of Buddha. One of them is
>175 feet tall and one is 120 feet tall and they date back to the 3rd and 5th
>century AD. UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura said of the planned
>destruction,
>
> ``In Afghanistan, they are destroying statues that the entire world
>considers to be masterpieces,'' UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura
>said. ``This iconoclastic determination shocks me.'' >>
>
>The Taliban should not be considered Moslems, not even fundamentalist
>Moslems. Mohammad would be ashamed of them. It is forbidden for Moslems to
>create or worship idols. They have not been given the task of destroying
>historical objects of other religions. The Taliban apparently have such a
>weak faith that the very presence of idols in their territory creates an
>enticement. It is for that reason that their leader has had to order the
>destruction of the statues of Buddha. Prudy
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