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314d1
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Yep. Another insane Christian destroyed the artwork. This time it was "Piss Christ"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Piss_Christ_by_Serrano_Andres_%281987%29.jpg

Depicting a cross in a glass of the painter's urine. If you are wondering what the "Another" was for, I am referring the the Loveland (I think that was the place) place which had it's artwork showing Jesus in a bad light, receiving a blowjob if I remember correctly. Though from what I hear, this one is still going to be shown. In it's destroyed state.

What do you think of this attack? Insane borderline terrorist attack? Insane normal attack? Or are any of you insane enough to state these attacks where good things?

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They were spelling "YMCA" Vesper.
Thanks. I have read a bit about the YMCA, and so far I fail to see anything "blasphemous" in that pic. If they were trying to represent Christ crucified as "Y", they succeeded and did no blasphemy IMHO.
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Thanks. I have read a bit about the YMCA, and so far I fail to see anything "blasphemous" in that pic. If they were trying to represent Christ crucified as "Y", they succeeded and did no blasphemy IMHO.


It was representing the Village Peoples YMCA song. The Village People are often stereotypes as music listened to by homosexuals or the band being gay. For a religion that is mostly against homosexuality there is a bit of irony involved with the pic.

In short it's implying Jesus was gay.

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well, this then depends on what they were meaning under YMCA. If the organization, all OK, if the song, they did wrong (and succeeded). I was aware of the song existing, but here I have a burnt sound chip and no earphones, so I can't listen to it.

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well, this then depends on what they were meaning under YMCA. If the organization, all OK, if the song, they did wrong (and succeeded).


Wouldn't they both be? As you're turning, "Christ's sacrifice" into a letter in an obviously mocking way?
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They meant the song, not the organization, but it's still ironic. The arm-letter thing originated in an episode of American Bandstand in the late '70s when the song was played. Although it dosen't appear in the original music video, people did it because of the song and the Village People started doing it in performance after that episode aired.

I also find it kind of ironic that the original YMCA was basically a religion-based homeless shelter that would accept anyone. Anyone, especially the poor, could do stuff for free (they were non-profit but accepted donations), even sleep there if they had to. Now it's just a gym.

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you can still stay in them, when we went to New York with my school stayed in one, it was horrific, it was like a prison

EmperorPalpatine
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Yeah most of the older ones do, but any made after the late '50s don't have the rooms.

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I don't understand though...why piss?

314d1
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I don't understand though...why piss?


Does it matter?

But in any case, Wikipidia has the answer of course.

Serrano has not ascribed overtly political content to Piss Christ and related artworks, on the contrary stressing their ambiguity. He has also said that while this work is not intended to denounce religion, it alludes to a perceived commercializing or cheapening of Christian icons in contemporary culture.[7]
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