Remember those state-supplied, then "plastinated" Chinese corpses on artful display in Seattle - with no documentation provided publicly of permission for their posthumous commercial use? I recently blogged about that controversy at SP, here. Well, the groovy action figures just might be smelling a whole lot worse today.
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at February 01, 2007 10:32 AM | Email Thisguess art trumps morals & sensibilities. Art Park Seattle is becoming the poster boy with all the restrictive 'dont touch' signs now. what do you expect? shove things in a park & people wont touch or deface them? liberal ideologies.
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on February 1, 2007 11:57 AMWe see evil in the world in North Korea, China, Iran, Palestine, etc. and the left is just bitching and whining about wars, and any American action. No surprise they look the other way human rights abuse in China.
But you can bet, that when the victory celebration for the end of tyranny in China finally comes around, the left will all be there at the party claiming it was their success all along.
The left is primarily based on parasitic 19th century German philosophy. They never want to do the real work, only take the credit.
Posted by: Jeff B. on February 1, 2007 12:24 PMDid you ever think, when you eat Chinese
It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese?
Yet the food tastes great, so you don't complain.
But that's not chicken in your chicken chow-mein.
Seems to me I ordered sweet-and-sour pork
But Garfield's on my fork.
He's purrin' here on my fork.
There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
The place that I eat every day at noon.
They can feed you cat and you'll never know
Once they wrap it up in dough, boys:
They fry it real crisp in dough.
Chou Lin asked if I wanted more
As he was dialin' up his buddy at the old pet store.
I said "Not today. I lost my appetite.
"There's two cats in my belly and they want to fight."
I was suckin' on a Rolaid and a Tums or two
When I swear I heard it mew, boys:
And that is when I knew...
There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
I think I gotta stop eatin' there at noon.
They say that it's beef or fish or pork
But it's purrin' there on my fork.
There's a hair-ball on my fork.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
In their time they also were staunch supporters of Lenin & Marx & Stalin & Pol Pot & if you actually take the trouble to do the research you will find that they were gung-ho supporters of Nazism through the thirties. Their is no death cult they have not promoted.
Actually this philosophy leads to nothing more than membership in a death cult.
The fact that Seattleites will tolerate something such as this and call it "art" is not surprising either; they have erected a monument to the architect of history's most efficient engine of human suffering in Freemont.
there is also still a great deal of persecution (beatings; confiscation of buildings used for christian gatherings, etc) of christians in china, yet the numbers of christians is reportedly growing in China.
Posted by: Michele on February 1, 2007 01:03 PM"It's all very much understandable and expected, of course: it is politically correct and cutting-edge to scream with moral indignation about a woman's right to an abortion in the West, but to actually care for - and come to the public defense of - the female victim of a gang-rape committed by Muslims is unthinkable. This is so because admitting the Muslim rape epidemic, and the theology and institutions on which it is based, and denouncing it, would violate the central code of the "progressive" leftist faith: anti-Americanism and cultural relativism. No culture can be said to be better than any other - unless it is American culture, which is always fair game for derision and ridicule. But to criticize any Third World culture in general - and an adversary culture in particular - is to surrender the political cause and faith."
from : http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=25226
Posted by: JDH on February 1, 2007 02:06 PMIs there any other city in America where there wouldn't be daily protests of a show (created by a Josef Mengele-character from Germany, no less!) that twists the dead bodies of unconsenting citizens of a corrupt dictatorship into grotesque and perverse positions solely for the shock and amusement of paying onlookers? I don't even think Berkeley would tolerate this shit.
And don't get me started on those disgusting billboards all over town--including on the sides of public buses. Right in my face. Anybody wonder what the progressive people of Seattle would say if those billboards were of, say, aborted babies?
I've had enough. Where's the Catholic Church on this? Amnesty International? The Right-to-Life groups? Anyone? The death cult advances apace...
Posted by: DJ on February 1, 2007 02:25 PMCheck it out:
http://www.glennshadix.com/autographpix/demo2.jpg
Matt, if you're serious about this subject, try asking the county's Medical Examiner office why it hasn't opened up an investigation of the identity or causes of death of these people. Under state law (RCW 68.50), the Examiner has jursidiction over the bodies to do precisely that. And the County Code (chapter 2.24) REQUIRES the Examiner to assume jurisdiction over bodies as authorized by state law.
So far as I know, the only thing the Med. Ex. has done here is inspect the bodies to see if they present a danger to public health. And it doesn't sound like they did much more than rely on the assurances of the presenters in deciding that there was no danger. (This happened, I think, before the macabre theft of one of the unconsenting dead person's kidney.) The Examiner hasn't lifted a finger--to say nothing of using its subpoena power--to investigate further.
Stakeholders in the culture of life and in international human rights should be demanding official action here. If the Examiner refuses, they should file a lawsuit for a writ of mandamus ordering the Examiner to do its job.
When did the people of Seattle become so depraved--and so callous?
Posted by: DJ on February 1, 2007 03:11 PMO.K. let me put this question to you - what does it say about a City that they would vote overwhelmingly to prevent smoking in bars, yet would welcome something like this? what it says to me is: Seattle is populated by some sick pathetic bastards.
Posted by: JDH on February 1, 2007 03:20 PMThis non-art BS is a perversion and a discrace to any civilized culture. It's a GD freak show for the jaded liberal masses. This doesn't just disrespect the dead, but also the living. Have these people never loved or cared for anyone at all. These dismembered bodies were once fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives...
How can those preparing, presenting, promoting and viewing this display be so callous and careless.
You ask, "when did Seattle become so depraved - and callous?"
When all of the liberal Californian and east coasters moved here. Hopefully there is a toasty spot in hell for them to move in next.
Posted by: Jeffro on February 1, 2007 03:41 PMBut your point about the smoking ban is well made. In fact, I overheard someone the other day describing the show to a co-worker--and her one complaint was that the lungs on display were blackened apparently by the air pollution in China. She thought that was terrible!
Yup. Terrible.
Posted by: DJ on February 1, 2007 03:45 PMLabel it a Celebration, pander to a few, and they will come.
Posted by: Tyler Durden on February 1, 2007 07:04 PM1. I sometimes don't agree with the Catholic Bishops. I think their policy on migration is flawed because it would be better to reform the corrupt governments and social systems which spur the migration. At this rate, everywhere will become a third world cess pool because corrupt systems are allowed to exist without being forced to change. Picture Tacoma on a global scale. I also believe that capital punishment is warranted in some instances.
2. That being said, generally, they support the dignity of human life and are willing to take a stand in this morally relative society and they keep to the life prinicple despite a lot of pressure.
3. I wish that someone of faith would speak up on this issue. The fact that so many have seen this thing is a really said commentary on the state of our society.
Posted by: WVH on February 1, 2007 09:28 PMIndividuals and individual institutions may sometimes fail, Biblical principles like respect for life and respect for the dignity of life never fail. I am not articulate enough to explain why this exhibit on so many levels disturbs me. I think it violates the basic principle of respect for the dignity of a person.
Posted by: WVH on February 2, 2007 12:28 PM