REVIEW

Sep 28, 2006 15:32


This is NOT a review, this is a PETITION...

On 27th September, Dr Mindbender82 posted an entry to the Poetry Community entitled "Christ is on the TV"...for those of you who havent seen it I say have a look, oh and be warned about its content, because what Dr Mindbender doesn't say beforehand is that he has included pornographic images as part of it ( Read more... )

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dr_mindbender82 September 28 2006, 07:05:29 UTC
Totally, the poem shouldn't be there. I agree with you a hundred percent, burn the smut. Yeah.

(Sorry dude, but I'm just backing you up in case no one else does, I'd feel terrible if you failed to raise enough of an outcry and ended up just being a lonley voice on the edge of LJ - Its happened to me before. Most students justv can't get roused from their apathy to do anything. I think you are doing the right thing by objecting. If you don't like something you should object instead of sitting passively by.)

Yeah, down with the poem. Get if off the air, enough of smut on LJ. Down with the Mindbender, down with the mindbender!!!!!!!!!

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ms_cellaneous September 28 2006, 07:27:18 UTC
Mindbender, I see Mitch's point. I don't think art should be censored, but I do think people should have a right to decide whether they view it or not. Maybe try the lj-cut tag, so that then people who truly want to see your work can. For instructions jump on by to http://jordifier.livejournal.com/30376.html
That tag is also helpful for those of us who have slow net connections, cos with all your video poetry on my friends page it takes ages to load.

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dr_mindbender82 September 28 2006, 09:00:11 UTC
Okay I agree with you a hundread percent on the issue of the slow net loading time, and I totaly sympathise with you on that point, and I'll take it into consideration ( ... )

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dr_mindbender82 September 28 2006, 09:03:43 UTC
Apolagize on the seplling, my ADHD is kicking in and my concentration is going to heli.

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ms_cellaneous September 28 2006, 10:09:03 UTC
I think Mitch's point was (and sorry if I'm getting it wrong Mitch, feel free to correct me) is that it doesn't matter if your poem justifies the use of pornographic images, because he objects to having to see the 'smut' every time he looks at his friends page.

If you were on his friends list, he could delete you, and the smut from his lj. But because you posted it on the poetry community, he is faced with the choice of either seeing pictures which he finds offensive, or leaving the poetry community so that he doesn't have to see them. Is it fair that Mitch may have to leave the poetry community because he wants to avoid pornographic images? (even if they are justified by the poem?)

Also, you asked
"why isn't Mitch writing letters and singing pattitions about the smut on big brother on TV, or the smutty advertisments filing up our freeways and high ways, our magazines nad our newspapers? What about the lurid sexual content of the music on the radio?"Perhaps he doesn't watch big brother? Perhaps he doesn't listen to the radio? ( ... )

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dr_mindbender82 September 28 2006, 10:20:01 UTC
Okay, I'll think about doing an LJ cut, cos it solves a lot of problems.

It may be worth pointing out that the poetrycom is not a compulsive part of the course, and my understanding of it is that it is a place to express our art with its own autonomy not subject ot prefrance or dislike. A personalised attack would not be tolerated, because it is of a totally diffrent kind, and i can understand him being upset if I were attaking him personally or anyone for that matter, but this was a work in its own right, nor is it simply smut for smuts sake.

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