The ethics of consuming art

[mzrowan]

sparkymonster posted today about author Elizabeth Moon making some very prejudiced remarks. She therefore joins a club that includes Amanda Palmer and Orson Scott Card -- artists whose personal views on some subjects many of us find abhorrent

Comments

[j_v_lynch]

I heard about Moon and Card. What did Palmer say?

[coraline]

http://unnaturalforces.blogspot.com/2010/03/jesus-amanda-palmer.html

[coraline]

also, further ruminations on the topic:
http://4rightchords.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/how-amanda-palmer-killed-amanda-palmer/

[mzrowan]

Ha! Great minds think alike. ;-)

[j_v_lynch]

Thanks. I knew a bit about the Evelyn Evelyn mess, but the Klan thing was new.

[mzrowan]

Another excellent (if long) run-down of the various incidents: http://4rightchords.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/how-amanda-palmer-killed-amanda-palmer/

[j_v_lynch]

Thanks for the details.