[536] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Get Nu'dered
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alejandro R. Sedeno)
Fri May 4 15:13:58 2001
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:13:53 -0400
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From: "Alejandro R. Sedeno" <asedeno@MIT.EDU>
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So where to begin?
I liked the Get Nu'D posters, I found them amusing. Apparently some
people didn't. They were offended. Good for them, it's good to be
offended sometimes, shows you believe in something. Personally, things
like murder, voilent rape, and other such crimes offend me more than a
poster for a party. Maybe if the poster depicted murder I'd be offended.
Great. But these offended people decided they had the right to tear the
Get Nu'D down. Suddenly they've taken it upon themselves to decide what
can and can't be a poster. I believe someone else has this job, and
after reviewing them, from what I've heard, they were deemed ok*. So
they go back up and all is fine and good. Now these offended ones go and
put up a Get Nu'Dered poster. Now that's funny. Make your point, some
people laugh, others consider not attending the party perhaps. Good for
them. But they also tear down the original posters again and replace
them with a "censored" version of them. That's sad. And you know what?
That poster offended me more than the original Get Nu'D poster could
ever have. I won't tear them down, because then I would be contradicting
myself, but I will express myself. So, to whoever thought that the
censored poster was a great idea, grow up.
-Alejandro
*Second hand info, no promises
