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Group Denial <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 23 Dec 1995 10:45:29 -0500
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CoOpportunities
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In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Kathrine L Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ...I have teachers who will not allow
> images of Thomas Hart Benton's "Frankie and Johnnie" (MO State Capital
> mural and lithograph) in the classroom because of topic.  I sympathize
> completely and wish I had a magic answer!  Unfortunately (or
> fortunately?) when we serve the public, we often have to compromise to a
> point where we feel "outraged"!
>
It continues to amaze me that representation of the human body should be
deemed immoral. Why do so many otherwise God-fearing people feel ashamed
of His work?

--
Paul Doering in Rochester NY USA
  "Tomorrow will never catch up with yesterday
   because yesterday started sooner."
     - Carl Sandburg, "Rootabaga Stories"

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