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Old 09-23-2002, 10:48 PM   #26
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In our society each of us has the right to communicate (freedom of speech). This means that an artist is free to produce anything he desires and call it a work of art. It also means I have the freedom to bemoan the lack of intelligence it demonstrates and call it a piece of garbage or worse. I can also deride those who admire, praise, commission or buy the garbage. I also have the right to define what I think should be called art. Anything less would be censorship.

The fact that Fischl is now a household name just goes to prove my original point: if you can
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