Is Art Still Art By Any Other Name?

How interesting that on the 9th anniversary of 9/11 we are in a national conversation regarding the actions of one Terry Jones' church and political Islam.

¶ Maybe Reverend Jones should have called the act of burning Korans ART.

"Piss Christ" by Andres Serranno
Crucifix in glass jar filled with urine.

"Holy Virgin Mary" by Chris Ofili
Elephant dung with flying
testicles and vaginas
see note below!!!
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Priscilla Joyce Bracks by "Bearded Orientals:
Making the Empire Cross" gratuitously offensive
for obvious reasons

"The Ninth Hour" Maurizio Cattelan

Pope John Paul struck down by metorite

¶ These images are distatesful for a multitude of reasons.  "Piss Christ" is repulsive and requires no action other than to not look at it.  In "Holy Virgin Mary" it's not the flying reproductive parts that bother me - that's oddly humorous and I can appreciate why it's called art. What bothers me about it is who actually puts FECES on their canvas? Bearded orientals is just a stupid, juvenile piece by an artist who is controversial, but some of her other stuff is pretty good. And "The Ninth Hour"? A meteorite? Seriously?

But the underlying story, and the point to my post, is they blatant hypocrisy.  Americans are tired of it.  Christians are weary of the double standard.  Burning the Koran really isn't the responsible thing do to.  Rev. Jones has the right to do it, but that doesn't make it the right thing to do.

The right thing to do is to not favor any religion over another, especially one that is a big bully.

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Image and Medium Information Source: Amazing Facts 

***POST NOTE- 1:53PM Well now I have to publish this FAST because a caller on Rush Limbaugh just said "I wonder if anyone would have made such a fuss if Jones called it ART."