Olivia Mahood Andre Stitt No, Mercy Pictures had become unsafe because of the actions of certain radicalised and violent groups and individuals (now sanctioned by various institutions, galleries, media platforms, an MP, etc.). Simon Kaan He felt that Darwin legitimated his view of life as a struggle between more and less advanced races; his atheism made him contemptuous of missionaries arguing for more humane policies towards Maori. To your credit, you've allowed your article to be debated in this comments thread. Jérôme Bel Nathan Pohio They enter that space voluntarily, and if potentially traumatising content awaits, they should be warned. Terri Greenem Michel Kemp Mary-Jane Duffy Darren Glass James K. Lowe Scott and the goons that follow him abused her, debased themselves and disgraced the Auckland art community. Tim Gentles Michael Asher Helen Calder It was not reasonable for Catholics to feel besieged in 1998; it is very reasonable for Tuhoe and other indigenous peoples to feel under attack in the 21st century. Chris Berthelsen They are regularly harassed by trans rights activists, who stop them meeting and force them out of their jobs.They are mostly socialists and trade unionists, not “not petty bourgeois liberals.” Why is their class of importance to you? Bas Jan Adler Aida Tomescu Gallery goers are not children, nor passive ‘vegetables’. Tim Price You are also failing John in particular to actually listen to me and the feelings I have expressed here. Chengdu Jordana Bragg Susan Jacobs Joaquin Segura Caroline Burton Folk who mistake fictive representation of a thing for the thing itself are a social and cultural pestilence. Aroha Novak Rongomaiaia Te Whaiti Yasmine Ryan Dan Shaw Here is a link to the essay. Dorothy Napangardi Hong Kong I am not a free speech absolutist. YOUAREHEREWEAREHERE What are you concerns? Auckland . Philip Lai The claim by protesting communities that being offended or experiencing 'pain' presents an answerable case is another similarity. Rohan Hartley Mills Elizabeth Hyde-Hills Cologne Norman Franke William Hsu Francesca Heinz Maria Pask Adriana Lara Bridge City Stitches Copenhagen Darius Mikšys PĀNiA! Alvin Pankhurst Tim Bollinger Like Moses coming down the mount with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's stone tablets. Aaron Beehre Tom Waits - Hoist That Rag [2017 Official Remastered Version] - … This show was a bunch of jumbled-up codes--not a tightly controlled 'rally'--aimed at people to peruse in a relaxed fashion. Alexandra Kennedy It is quite unjust for John to imply that 'coercion' has been the aim of the protesters. Top . Rachel Kiddie Poppy Lekner Vanessa Crofskey Ernesto Neto Shelley McCounaghy They are constantly assailed by men who have recently taken an interest in gender politics, for the purpose of abusing women. Anthony Byrt Wanaka I think that, in a white settler colony like NZ, the use of the term disguises a deep unease amongst Pakeha. What Mercy Pictures did to Maori is the ultimate in disrespect. Natasha Johns-Messanger Tessa Giblin Poppy Serano Some clasped hands, madonnas, crosses, and hammers and sickles. Leonard Cohen Fergus Cunningham No more privilege nor entitlement. Hito Steyerl Wim Delvoye Joe Sheehan Peter Gibson Smith Whitney Bedford Bruce Lacey As Morgan Godfery said, the show was an attack on the mauri and mana of Maori. Milan Mrkusich The Virgin in a Condom was the statement of a liberal, who believed that the Catholic church's stances on contraception and priests were misogynistic and socially harmful. Jeff Thomson Gil Hanly Kate Scardifield Paul Donald Madison Bycroft Newspaper Reading Club Go begging here Steve Carr Voltaire never used these words. Shuddahabrata Sengupta To beat his weary drum today, The sun is up the world is flat Rowan McNaught On the Spot Arts Initiative Sabelo Mlangeni Rachel Whiteread Ralph - sure, the show can be justified to the end of the moon, but your respnse makes no account of the deep offence this show is still causing to many. Phillip Mcilhagga Bridget Reweti Oxford New York Thanks to Mark Harvey for replying to my previous post. Sarai Samin Son Tanya Eccleston John Skoog Eduardo Paolozzi James T. Hong Tom Roberton Denying women the right to be called socialist because they reject 'analytic method' and centre their oppression is rather obviously misogynistic. 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