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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 596708, member: 17753&quot;]I didn&#039;t say it was offensive.&nbsp; But I think, say, the Cuban example is ridiculous, and not art at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t talking about art museums -- I was mostly talking about this thread, and many of the coins that were posted on it and/or society in general.&nbsp; Funny thing how women&#039;s magazines covers are usually of beautiful women, and men&#039;s magazine covers are usually of beautiful women, too.&nbsp; Can you explain the popularity of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue?&nbsp; Is it &quot;art&quot;?&nbsp; Is it about sports?&nbsp; or swimsuits?&nbsp; hardly.&nbsp; Can you think or a reason why billions are spent on women&#039;s elective plastic surgery?&nbsp; Or that so many ads on TV are stocked full of beautiful women?&nbsp; Can you explain high-heels?&nbsp; or Hooters?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No -- just ironic.&nbsp; Reading the few political posts around here, I wouldn&#039;t have guessed that anyone would praise a policy coming from Castro, that&#039;s all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just because it&#039;s on a coin doesn&#039;t make it art.&nbsp; The Standing Liberty Quarter might be art, but the Cuban example was, more or less, a cartoonish figure.&nbsp; Do you know how most 13 year old girls in mixed company react when 13 year old boys are ogling pictures like that Cuban coin?&nbsp; (I do, because I have a just-turned 14 year old daughter)</p><p><br /></p><p>============</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope nobody is taking offense to what I am writing.&nbsp; As noted earlier, one can&#039;t capture tone in the written word.&nbsp; My tone, above, is more of &quot;detached bemusement&quot;.&nbsp; I felt bad for Speedy for enforcing the known rules, and wanted to offer some support.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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