Freedom of Speech and the Cold Chill of Censorship

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    First Contact, (michelle), *steve_gobeil*, jinnykk, and 42 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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    1. dooda 94 months ago | reply

      hate the font, don't really get the message, and that's saying something because there is a lot that I don't get.

      deletmee

    2. DoubleGrande 94 months ago | reply

      The mixed message of out of here and don't want to be banned is a riot. Check out I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality. In the spirit of nosce te ipsum, it might help you understand your contradictory impulses and sense of persecution.

    3. christinefelton 94 months ago | reply

      Wow. Everyone is so cranky. I just want to follow up in response to BlankArtist that it COULD be possible to photograph the Mona Lisa and crop it in such a way that you are adding to it. Many of our photos only exist because of someone else's creation (of a building, a backyard, a child...)

    4. RogerGW 94 months ago | reply

      Nice image but what does "IMO TA HERE" mean?

      Roger

    5. bollemus 94 months ago | reply

      Whilst I'm reluctant to fuel the dialogue on what is essentially a forum for slinging semi constructive insults:

      A crop of the Mona Lisa (Now theres a pretty crap painting - other than the trick perspective) wouldn't really add to Da Vinci's work. We've already implied that it is possible to add to a painting/sculpture etc. but if you add nothing (standing perpendicular to a painting and pressing the button) then it is merely documentary, by incorporating additional evocative elements or aspects, not concieved by the original artist, is (in my tiny mind) adding to the work of the original artist and allows you to take some credit.

      I'm boring myself now.

    6. whisper-star 94 months ago | reply

      I love the colors and the things it tell =) ..
      there r alot of save and delete here @_@ .. =)P

    7. annaland 94 months ago | reply

      One could argue that all of art is about the process of selection, of which cropping is a subset. A photo of a piece of art can show and delight you with things that have nothing to do with the original artist's intention. There's texture, which depends on the light, focus, distance, etc.; color, which we all know is frustratingly variable; mood; message; angle of shot; etc.

      I don't think this photo should be deleted because it's a photo of another piece of art, it should be deleted because it's not very interesting.

    8. bollemus 94 months ago | reply

      Pseudo intellectual bullshit. If you merely point a camera at someone elses work, you bring nothing to the party and deserve none of the credit. First one to get a straight crop of someone elses painting/photo into the safe as their own wins a clean crisp five pound note.

    9. annaland 94 months ago | reply

      I take issue with the word pseudo.

    10. scary jerry girl 94 months ago | reply

      i dont get it

    11. Thomas Hawk 94 months ago | reply

      Scary Jerry Girl. It's a protest against the deleteme group on Flickr. They threw it out of their pool once.

    12. scary jerry girl 94 months ago | reply

      ah. i hate that delteme group. why can't they just leave us alone and make their own freakin' photography talent?!

    13. jilliet 89 months ago | reply

      I love your photos. You capture such brilliant & vibrant colors - great job! So many neat shots! I like this one

    14. lisascenic 81 months ago | reply

      is this at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park?

    15. Jason Leslie Rogers [deleted] 74 months ago | reply

      This Photograph Has Been Added To
      MoFFA - The Museum of Flickr Fine Art

    16. l.traube 64 months ago | reply

      Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Write me!. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto al gruppo.

    17. Mask 57 months ago | reply

      fresh

    18. wiggiewormdog 41 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sad world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    19. wiggiewormdog 41 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    20. wiggiewormdog 41 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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