DagT wrote: > Let´s go back to photography and talk about attempts in the US to > stop the free speech of artist like Mapplethorpe, Sally Mann, Jock > Sturges, etc, as well as certain differences between European and US > versions of movies, music ++ .-)
The Mapplethorpe controversy was about whether public funds should be spent (through the National Endowment for the Arts) on what he was producing. It wasn't a free speech issue. It was a public funding of the arts issue. Tom Reese

