RE: [Leica] Sally Mann (now really offensive)

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Martin, Martin....Far too facile a response from someone like
you.....Attempting to equate a child's being told to wash the dishes, which
is more a parental attempt to teach responsibility than it is an attempt to
get free labor, with using ones children as nude models in a series of
books, is a bit like ....No, I won't go there. Let's just say, with all due
respect, that it's an inane comparison. One of a parent's primary roles, if
not THE primary role, after procreating, is to protect the child one has
created. And I would suggest that, lover her photographs or not, Sally Mann
has hardly fulfilled that role.

And, by the way, I am not a "prude," am not in any way opposed to the
display of naked folks in art, but I think that there are lines and there
are lines, and, particularly where kids are concerned, one has to be careful
not to cross them.

 B. D.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Martin
> Howard
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 5:22 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sally Mann (now really offensive)
>
>
> B. D. Colen jotted down the following:
>
> > Whether or not they are suffering ill effects is not the question....the
> > question is whether or not they were taken advantage of
>
> All kids are taken advantage of: only the degree differs.  Kids
> act as free
> labour when doing washing up and grass-cutting.  Kids have to
> suffer tirades
> and lectures from their parents on matters their parents like to hold
> tirades and lectures on.  Kids (and their parents) are scammed out of
> millions of dollars each day on products they don't need through targeted
> marketing which exploits the fact that many kids do not have the
> maturity to
> critically decide whether they need something or not.  Kids function as
> social capital in many social settings.
>
> Of course, it works both ways, but to a lesser degree.
>
> M.
>
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