Do you consider this obscene? Not the pictures specifically, but the Venus sculpture itself, which had been situated at Woorim Beach on Bribie Island in Queensland, Australia...
Well, the Mayor thought so, overruling his own City Council, which put it there. His quotes and the local reaction, simultaneously hilarious and sad after all we've been through as a single human race...
Mayor Allan Sutherland ordered the sculpture, representing the "birth
of Venus", be removed from its popular Woorim Beach, only two weeks
after it was included at a public opening of the revamped beachside
area.
"The sculpture is offensive to women. We have to take it back to
whoever made it and ask that it be changed," said Cr Sutherland. "It's
offensive in an area where there's lots of kids and families."
Oh, Allan! Our hero! cry the feminist females of Queensland. Thank you for consulting with us and hearing our overwhelming reaction to this dreadful, offensive, disgusting (because, remember, vagina = disgusting) work of "art." And judging by the pictures, you were totally spot on about families and the kiddies being freaked.
Beenleigh artist Antone Bruinsma, who created the sculpture, said he
was "extremely disappointed" that the artwork was removed from Woorim
Beach to a council yard, and said he had not been contacted by the
council about changing the sculpture.
He said it was an important portrayal of a woman's body.
"I don't have a problem with children seeing a depiction of a
woman's vagina, it's not done in a lewd or an erotic way," he said.
Typical man! Of course he loves seeing vagina... especially seeing vagina that he's made with his own hands, groping and tweaking it. Perv!
Seriously, let's leave it to mothers of three to start their children out right by informing them that vaginas are bad and we should be ashamed for possessing them:
Mother-of-three Terri Johnson, 35, from Morayfield, said the
sculpture should be in an art gallery where there would be a more
appropriate audience.
"It's not appropriate here, it's not the right spot for it, with
young families, where you have to explain everything and kids start
asking questions," she said.
God forbid they should think their bodies are natural, Terri. Godspeed.
Via News.com.au.
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