Comment by dondawest | Hacker News Reader

Comment by dondawest | Hacker News Reader

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>Caves are an entirely different context

Respectfully disagree.

>A sick society inclines people towards damaging the structures built around them because they see those structures as symbolising their own oppression in some capacity.

If you don’t think oppression exists, and that it can be symbolized by structures, I don’t know what to tell you. Are you against the toppling of sculptures of Saddam Hussein?

What do you think of advertising? Do you not consider billboards “damaging to structures”? How do you think advertising differs from graffiti and do you really find advertising non-oppressive? No ad agencies ask my permission to assault my visual field with a billboard, and neither do graffiti artists. All’s fair in art and war.

>If you don’t think oppression exists, and that it can be symbolized by structures, I don’t know what to tell you.

I said the exact opposite. The advertising industry shouldn't exist and neither should statues of anyone let alone tyrants like Saddam.

You don’t think statues of anyone should exist? What about Michelangelo’s David?

It shouldn't exist and if displayed on public property should be torn down, albeit this is an unrelated issue to that of rebellious art.

Why do you think Michelangelo’s David shouldn’t exist? That is one of the oddest opinions I’ve ever encountered in my life.

As time progresses statues have a nasty tendancy to become objects of worship as their original stories are lost and replaced with new ones or greatly exaggerated. Once something is raised to the point of worship people will begin doing what they think the idol wants and as a theocrat this is concerning, as it splinters and corrupts society's morals.

Please stop posting unsubstantive comments and/or flamebait to Hacker News. We've had to ask you this before.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I don't see how this is flamebait.

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