poochy Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 I don't know... hunting ? snowmobiling ? working in the oil industry ? Really? Quote
Ash74 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Posted June 21, 2015 You really need to educate yourself on the gay community. Using homosexual is like using coloured or a cripple. Im not holding this against you. Many seniors use coloured still because they are not aware that this word is no longer used. Please tell me that this is so in your case. Otherwise I will assume that you are anti gay. Yet you were ok with the term "retarded"? The politically correct population scare me. Lets fight for the window dressing when that war was already won. Who cares about bigger picture issues? Honestly I think a rainbow bridge would be ugly and tacky. Plant your flag for the victory parades and move on. Quote “Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”― Winston S. Churchill There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. –Robert Heinlein
Wilber Posted June 21, 2015 Report Posted June 21, 2015 Everything else aside, I also think it would be uglier than sin. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Big Guy Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 The rainbow is an advertising symbol for the gay community. If the private or public owners of the bridge decide that they want to allow the use of that bridge for advertising then they will bass a by-law and tender out that "billboard" space for advertisers. If the gay community offers the highest price for that space then they should get the contract and paint what they like - satisfying the existing by-laws of the community. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Wilber Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 Regardless of how much they are offered, whoever owns the city's bridges and buildings should be shot if they ever let them become great lumps of graffiti in the middle of one of the most scenic harbours in the world. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
cybercoma Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 Regardless of how much they are offered, whoever owns the city's bridges and buildings should be shot if they ever let them become great lumps of graffiti in the middle of one of the most scenic harbours in the world. Street art is the last great expression of counter culture, but even its been co-opted by the culture it opposes. http://animalnewyork.com/2015/oxygen-networks-new-street-art-show-fucking-terrible-theres-no-reason-ever-watch/ Graffiti is important for society. Quote
Wilber Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 Street art is the last great expression of counter culture, but even its been co-opted by the culture it opposes. http://animalnewyork.com/2015/oxygen-networks-new-street-art-show-fucking-terrible-theres-no-reason-ever-watch/ Graffiti is important for society. What is being proposed here is not street art. Street art is what you see in places like old Valparaiso. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
cybercoma Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 What is being proposed here is not street art. Street art is what you see in places like old Valparaiso. You referred to it as graffiti, not me. Quote
Wilber Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 You referred to it as graffiti, not me. Most graffiti is not art and neither is this. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Canada_First Posted June 22, 2015 Report Posted June 22, 2015 Street art is the last great expression of counter culture, but even its been co-opted by the culture it opposes. http://animalnewyork.com/2015/oxygen-networks-new-street-art-show-fucking-terrible-theres-no-reason-ever-watch/ Graffiti is important for society. How is gang tagging important for society? How is Thug Life important for society? Quote
cybercoma Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 Most graffiti is not art and neither is this. All graffiti is art. Quote
Guest Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) I was once fined ten pounds for writing BCFC on the wall of a toilet at Chester football ground in the UK. Sigh. I wonder what it's worth now. Edited June 23, 2015 by bcsapper Quote
Wilber Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 All graffiti is art. Nonsense. If that's the case, everything is art. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Canada_First Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 Art is in the eye of the beholder to a point. Some graffiti can be art for sure. Some is beautiful. Graffiti tagging by gangs us not art but a threat. IMHO. Quote
Wilber Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 I don't see graffiti as a threat and some of it is definately the work of talented artists but much of it is just plain smut and simple vandalism. The work of morons. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Guest Posted June 23, 2015 Report Posted June 23, 2015 Even the work of a talented artist is simple vandalism if it is done where it is not welcome. Quote
poochy Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 Nonsense. If that's the case, everything is art. Apparently, everything, and nothing is art, which is of course, nonsense. Quote
Wilber Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 Even the work of a talented artist is simple vandalism if it is done where it is not welcome. I agree, but it could still be good art even if I wasn't happy with my property being used as the canvas. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
The_Squid Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) That would be a great way to take the nicest bridge in the city and make it ugly. Edit: But a temporary flag is no big deal. The OP sure messed up this topic... Edited June 24, 2015 by The_Squid Quote
cybercoma Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 I agree, but it could still be good art Why does art have to be "good"? Who gets to decide? Quote
Hal 9000 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 Why does art have to be "good"? Who gets to decide? Painting a bridge rainbow or any other colour is not art. Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
cybercoma Posted June 25, 2015 Report Posted June 25, 2015 Painting a bridge rainbow or any other colour is not art. Why not? Quote
Hal 9000 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Why not? Because! That's why! Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
Wilber Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Why does art have to be "good"? Who gets to decide? The people get to decide, it's their bridge. If Vancouver decides to do this it might be looked at as inclusive but it will also be looked on as having really bad taste. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
cybercoma Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 The people get to decide, it's their bridge. If Vancouver decides to do this it might be looked at as inclusive but it will also be looked on as having really bad taste. So we're going to decide what's good art by "democratic committee"? That kills any and all subversive art that challenges the status quo and has throughout history been the voice of marginalized people. Quote
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