Posted by
Scott Keys on Friday, February 22, 2008 12:19:33 PM
So at Arkansas Tech University they've
cancelled performances of a musical called
Assassins because it utilizes guns as props. A little bit of an overreaction, I'd say. That's bad enough but then the university's spokewoman has the audacity to assert that this in no way inhibits artistic freedom. Why isn't it inhibiting artistic freedom, you might ask, if they are prohibiting the performance of this production? Well, just read the article! It says right there in the third paragraph of ATU President Robert C. Brown's statement that he has a "healthy respect" for artistic expression. So it really
can't be considered limiting expression, can it? Because even though they're not allowing the play to go on they still support artistic expression, understand? Yes, the performance has been shelved for now but no, there won't be limits placed on artistic expression. Once again, No you may not put on the play. And No, this isn't limiting artistic expression. Just to make this perfectly clear, why isn't canceling a theater production inhibiting artistic expression? Because, silly, all of us here in the Kommissar's office have a healthy respect for artistic expression. I see Re-Education Camp written all over your forehead, comrade, if you can't understand this simple bit of double-speak.