Baht Simpson

The Greeks had the Olympics in the nude. Hitler had depictions of Aryan youths holding the Olympic flame. These people are well clothed, even in relation to current Olympic swimmers and divers. Ridiculous outrage over precious little.

Same with Yves Klein.

Bacchanalian women weren't waif-like. They were rather above the middle size.

Yes, it was literally the feast of the Olympian god Dionysus. The Olympians were the twelve gods of Greek mythology. Hence the depiction.

So appalled that children might see it you posted it on a public forum, with a helpful arrow to show where the <deleted> are.

What the hell are you talking about? Lol

https://www.rfi.fr/en/olympic-games/20240728-paris-olympic-opening-creator-defiant-over-controversial-show Much ado about nothing.

Seems he hadn't invented paragraph alignment either. 🙂

All your posts are pollocks. 🙂

Jeez. I'm off to bed, Yellowtail. Good night.

You should attribute, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/06/prageru-climate-change-denier-republican-donors Read how Prager thinks slavery isn't a problem.

Yes, but you can listen to a song on the radio whilst your doing the washing and think, "that's good." Then when you sit down with your headphones and listen to the same song carefully you may get a fuller appreciation. Even more so if you read and understand the lyrics. By careful appreciation you may even think a bad song is actually good or vice versa. Of course there's no need to do this if you don't want to. I understand what Ellington meant; just enjoy the songs if you want to but I'm sure that he would be flattered if you displayed a deeper understanding of his work. Mingus certainly would.

Not Groucho though.

noun: irony the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Uncanny. This is how I imagine some of the of the posters here. 🙂

Not so. Music can be enjoyed at a visceral level of course but much reward can be had through examination of music and particularly lyrics.

Indeed. Pasolini's Mamma Roma caused quite a stir in the sixties with a Last Supper scene with a woman. This stuff is nothing new.

I'm totally against this sort of thing. I think drag queens should stick to the classroom. 🙂

You join a thread about police and Muslims having an altercation and immediately link it to Pride, which has got nothing to do with it. This says much about you doesn't it? Rather pathetic to accuse others of gaslighting.

That's not your decision and it's certainly not the decision of this teacher. It's not about beliefs, yours mine or his, it's about his actions toward this pupil, which were humiliating.

Couldn't help yourself could you?

This mantra that it's just the fault of lack of training is specious. You cannot train an attack dog not to ever attack. They're bred for aggression and this can't always be suppressed. "This genetic history is present in the XL Bully. “These dogs, being bred for aggression, are likely to inherit aggression,” says David Sargan, a geneticist at Cambridge Veterinary School. “However well you treat them, a proportion of them may explode.”

It's amazing but perhaps not surprising that most of the commentators here are appalled by the censure of a teacher but care less about the abuse of a schoolchild. Religious beliefs are what you personally believe and not what you proselytize to others. If religion is taught it should be in a broad curriculum, otherwise it becomes indroctrination. Clearly the issue here is that this man has sought to push his beliefs onto his class, including his perverse and outmoded views on homosexuality and transgender. This was no mistake, he deliberately and wilfully misgendered a vulnerable child opening her up to possible scorn and abuse by other kids. The judge summed it up perfectly.

Who's saying you can't drink wine? Quality of life is not about abstention or excess. Like most things it's about balance, and moderation gives you that.