tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post5613894621274261519..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Boobies Begone In B.C.bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-75452089822807051052007-10-06T02:55:00.000-04:002007-10-06T02:55:00.000-04:00right. See Injun trumped up concerns are all PC a...right. See Injun trumped up concerns are all PC and important and shit. And different from making fun of thumper red staters.<BR/><BR/>I say fuck em both. That squaw looks gooooood to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-63297214278060431892007-10-03T00:03:00.000-04:002007-10-03T00:03:00.000-04:00I don't think it revises history to take them down...I don't think it revises history to take them down and store them, or put them in a seldom seen dusty corner. It's not destroying the art, and it can be updated with a more modern and representative mural.Saskboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258259356749068135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-39386535129755259992007-10-02T21:45:00.000-04:002007-10-02T21:45:00.000-04:00Re Hank's comment:I've been inside the Justice Dep...Re Hank's comment:<BR/><BR/>I've been inside the Justice Department's building in DC on numerous occasions. At least those statues are reasonably decent examples of competent art. The murals in the Victoria Leg, apart from being perceived by the native people as being demeaning, are, at least in my opinion, crappy art...<BR/><BR/>$280,000 to remove and store them?...I have a 98-cent "bic" and would do it for free...<BR/><BR/>BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-38835431457856954902007-10-02T13:44:00.000-04:002007-10-02T13:44:00.000-04:00> menial and possibly slave labor > for their whit...> menial and possibly slave labor <BR/>> for their white masters.<BR/><BR/>Gad, I thought this was a reference to the art at the US Justice Department. <BR/><BR/>"The US Justice Department has spent $8,000 on curtains to hide the statue from the cameras."<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1788845.stm<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1785000/images/_1788845_statue300ap.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-33786186859996184152007-10-02T12:51:00.000-04:002007-10-02T12:51:00.000-04:00The natives would do their bookkeeping?Why not? M...<I>The natives would do their bookkeeping?</I><BR/><BR/>Why not? Most of the Europeans were illiterate at that time, were they not?Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-22591638258642458602007-10-02T09:24:00.000-04:002007-10-02T09:24:00.000-04:00What did you expect? The natives would do their b...What did you expect? The natives would do their bookkeeping?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-4640986253905561182007-10-02T09:23:00.000-04:002007-10-02T09:23:00.000-04:00Yep, revise history. Perhaps they should paint a ...Yep, revise history. Perhaps they should paint a new mural showing the natives as the masters, you know, to help self esteem for the community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com