tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post6466760739834256036..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-23854738948525493402010-12-05T10:22:38.489-08:002010-12-05T10:22:38.489-08:00Michael,
Great post. Seems like censorship was i...Michael,<br /><br />Great post. Seems like censorship was in the air for World AIDS day. Madison, Wisconsin's Overture Center For the Arts censored a photo exhibit done by 8 people living with HIV/AIDS.<br /><br />I am attaching a link to a post I did about it:<br />http://wisconsinhiv.com/?p=16187<br /><br />This post has generated quite a bit of talk, including two letters from Overture. Here is a quote from an Overture Center staffer trying to rationalize the censorship:<br />"...When most adults view the photograph, we experience something about the complexity of pain that Oren faces. As adults we may not understand the entire photograph but we have experience to contextualize the photograph. We do not know for sure how small children may experience or be influenced by the photo. We can see that it is obviously pill bottles in the location of the man’s penis. Children may connect the sickness associated with prescription pill bottles to the man’s genitals. I believe that it’s important not to give children any potential negative associations with their genitals or other peoples’ genitals...."<br /><br />This aids phobic act of censorship in progressive Madison Wisconsin. what's next?.Greg Milwardhttp://wisconsinhiv.comnoreply@blogger.com