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Does anyone have a link to these two particular paintings??
Springroll said:The point of a museum is not to show only the good aspects, but also the trials and tribulations.
Springroll said:Better way to word it rather than trials and tribulations... The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
War is not nice. It is not all roses and gardens. People are killed.
I am sure there has been more than just that incident where our troops have behaved disgracefully.
I still feel the paintings should stay.
Too take them down would be to censor the realities of war.
As sad as the situation was, the kid was stealing from the base, was caught, and was wronglyfully treated by a few soldiers.
If someone stole from you, what would you do if you caught them?
Springroll said:War is not nice. It is not all roses and gardens. People are killed.
As sad as the situation was, the kid was stealing from the base, was caught, and was wronglyfully treated by a few soldiers.
Springroll said:I am sure there has been more than just that incident where our troops have behaved disgracefully.
Armymedic said:I am sure there are several, but remember what side of the fence you are on in this discussion. You are knocking on a hornets nest with those statements. Remeber, War Crimes are declared and tried by the winners of the conflict.
People on this site helped make the history that is portrayed in the CWM. For us it is personal. We (the greater we, not just me) don't like how the bad has prominance over the greater good.
Springroll said:", but by what I have been told by my mother in law
muskrat89 said:Agreed.
I'm going to go back and clean some of this up. MD, I'm going to delete your post because springroll's angst was directed at me, not slim.. if that makes sense ???
It seems we need at least the 24 hrs for this one. Time out (again).Kat Stevens said:May I suggest a 24-48 hour cooling off on this topic? It's degenerated rapidly into a poo flinging bout in a monkey cage....
Kat
Should the CWM be hanging art that requires obscure emotional interpretation in order to decipher, or should CWM art be limited to items that clearly show visitors what it was like to have been present through periods of our nations military history? Keep in mind, the CWM is an historical museum & not an art museum (which does exist in another building of the National Capitol Region).Springroll said:I don't believe that they should be removed from the walls of the CWM.
Art is a very personal thing, and what one person finds disturbing, another will find intriguing or will induce feelings or thoughts.