BF2S Forums This Sick And Is Not Art, Warning ( Distressing Pics Inside)

djphetal wrote:

Yeah, I guess I may be the outsider here, but I, personally, find this incredibly artistic, and quite brilliant. As I said before, it's very sad, and certainly not ethical, but I find the "art" in this to be what you're seeing here.
Discussion, anger, compassion, love, violence, movement...
This guy has created an exhibit that has gained more exposure than anything like it for a while now. Whether intentional or not, he has rallied people against a common cause. And not only that, why are people so easily united against a relatively minor tragedy? It not only says something about the nature of people, it is practically a case study on the sociological impact that "cruelty" can have on a large population.

If I met the artist, I'd shake his hand, tell him I thought it was tragic but brilliant, and ask him what he thought about the reaction it was getting.

The art here is us, that petition, your friends... and how we're all reacting to this.

+1 Guillermo Vargas Habacuc. You have the world captive.

Rubix-Cubes wrote:

no matter what your argument THIS IS NOT ART, there is no possible way you can call this art, this is a man trying to make a buck and get him self fame, i am sure that he does not give a shit about what happens to all those dogs that are starving and alone, you try to take the argument about us eating a nice steak as being the same, you're so so wrong, cows and other animals are bread for the purpose of eating, that dog was Humiliated and tortured for the sake of what you call art, if however any meat i ate was tortured in that way then i would not eat meat, that's why i eat free range eggs and chicken and anything else. WHAT that guy should have done is made a vid took some pics of the dog before, then took it in and cared for him then a few months later took some pics and a vid when the dog was healthy and cared for, then placed them in the art gallery, that would have made an impact too.  OK so he has done a good job of highlighting a serious problem, but bringing it to the forefront of conversation does not solve the problem, in my mind all this guy has done is put him self on my list of dead men walking.

Tumleren wrote:

I think I'm in the middle of 'you guys' and djphetal.

I can see how he has brought attention to the fact that we are treating animals poorly, and that stuff like this happens every day. I'm not saying I'm going to go out and starve a dog, I would never ever do that, nor do i condone his way of expressing what he wanted out.
I personally think he should have just followed a dog around, shot video, taken pictures of it etc. until it died from starvation. Even though he is effectively doing the same, he gets a totally different reaction from people when taking the dog into a gallery, and I'm guessing that's why he has done it the way he has.

I have signed the petition though, because i think it will be completely pointless to repeat this act of animal cruelty - It has a weak defense the first time, but in my opinion, there is absolutely no reason to let another dog die of starvation in a gallery, chained to the walls with dozens of people watching.

And about the people > animal question - I think every person in here would save his/her mother rather than his/her dog, if they had to choose. That doesn't make this okay though.

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I agree, what he is doing is wrong however there are more important things. People make posts about War and Disaster and there is no where near as much out-cry than for some stupid dog thread. I find your concern for some stupid animal more disgusting than what this guy is doing. People are more important than animals, 1 person is more important that 100 animals.

Not only that but all of you do things that contribute to the deaths of animals, eating meat, driving cars, using the PC, eating wheat-products, swatting flies et cetera.

So quit bitching over some stupid dog and find something really important to get angry over.

tuckergustav wrote:

So...you guys do know this was a hoax...right?

http://thepetextraordinarium.blogspot.c … -hoax.html

Vilham wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I agree, what he is doing is wrong however there are more important things. People make posts about War and Disaster and there is no where near as much out-cry than for some stupid dog thread. I find your concern for some stupid animal more disgusting than what this guy is doing. People are more important than animals, 1 person is more important that 100 animals.

Not only that but all of you do things that contribute to the deaths of animals, eating meat, driving cars, using the PC, eating wheat-products, swatting flies et cetera.

So quit bitching over some stupid dog and find something really important to get angry over.

I dont know where you get this idea that human life is worth any more than any other life.

Last edited by N00bkilla55404 (2008-04-23 18:08:32)

TheAussieReaper wrote:

It's worth signing the petition, however.