[Imc-uk-features] Art of War : Anti-War

[maqui]

Hello

First, I hid this drawing. Second, why is this discussed in process 
list, i think it belongs to features list. Third, I am sending this 
reply only because it was me who hid it, but I have *no* interest at 
all nor energy to get into a length debate about this.
If kevin larmee or anyone else wants to discuss this further, this is, 
of course, perfectly all right with me, but please make sure you don't 
cc this mails to my personal address, please use only the features list 
one instead.

On Monday, March 26, 2007, at 10:31  pm, kevin larmee wrote:

> Yeah Chris, I should have gotten some article number, or something… I 
> posted it a couple of days ago (2). I'll would try and include it 
> here, but don't know if you can accept attachments. so, perhaps, 
> better yet, here's a link to it on San Diego's indymedia.
> http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125533.shtml
>
> Kevin
> Ps. I know that Indymedia cannot publish everything… I just hope 
> there isn't a blanket refusal to publish anti-war imagery… as I think 
> it's powerful in the fight against war (and that's why I make 
> them).(you know, in the run-up to this Iraq disaster, I spent hours 
> and hours (and hours)publishing anti-war articles etc. on Indymedia 
> ...... and then, as an epiphany,  I decided that since I'm an artist, 
> my time would be better spent using whatever talents I have in making 
> anti-war art, which I now feel is my best contribution for the 
> anti-war effort.

I can't remember what exact reason i put for hiding this, but it was 
probably the non-news guideline. What I remember though is that my main 
personal reason for hiding it was the actual content of the drawing. I 
thought it has very strong connotations to Christian religion, and the 
same as any other religion in this planet, I don't think indymedia is 
the place for it. For that I mean I don't think religion (any religion) 
should be promoted or depicted in imc-uk. There are countless of other 
outlets out there that already do that.

The IMC-UK Mission Statement lists a series of principles that it aims 
to live up to. Within those there is one that reads:

- we reject all systems of domination and discrimination

To me religion (any religion) is precisely one of those 'systems', and 
therefore it has got no place in imc-uk.

Please do not take any of this personally, nor I mean to be patronising 
or anything like that. It is also nothing to do about your artistic 
ability, not even about art in itself. I have always been a strong 
supporter of art and culture having a presence in the imc wires. I do 
believe that a drawing can be seen as 'news'. Why shouldn't it be if a 
photo, a video, and audio piece, or a text can? I therefore have left, 
in the past, your drawings  showing in the wire whilst doing admin.

Anyway, of course I could have completely misunderstood this drawing. 
If people in this list think it should be unhidden, i won't argue 
further against that.

cheers
maqui