‘Censorship Equates with Philistine Ignorance’

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‘Censorship Equates with Philistine Ignorance’

A short essay written in 2007

By greg hoey

Distributed through GoogleBooks

Australia has of recent times seen a very good artist and photographer by the name of Bill Henson have his works removed from a gallery site, then be given a court order on charges of dealing indecently with minors...The case was thrown out however. There was big ‘hoo-haa!’ over the whole thing and the controversy continues. Even our newly elected PM Kevin Rudd came out with the statement…''He'd never seen such disgraceful art work in all his life and was sick of all these pederasts parading as artists''. Confirming himself as just another goofy, philistine, Australian Prime Minister, something this country should be well used to by now.

Bit over the top for an elected Head of State considering only a few months previous he had gotten himself thrown out of a New York nightclub for a case of over-infatuation with one of its dancing girls brassiere' [pants most likely down round his ankles].

Sounds amazing, but it actually happened...

Genre: Humor / Form / Essays (fancy, right?)