Should the government fund arts?

[The East Marches II]

You can't lack culture, unless you're the Spartans. Any art whatsoever is culture, not just the kind of art you like.

I bet you think a hot dog is food culture

Listen, you are the Marxist. Stop stilling my god damn lines. You are supposed to be the man of the people.

[Ceolophysia]

Arts aren't necessary.

Technically clothes aren't necessary in warmer climates, but people still wear them.

And I disagree. Art in some form is necessary for most societies to function. Architecture, for example, relies heavily on art. Without it, we wouldn't have buildings...

We don't need the gov't to fund clothes, though. Personally, I think the government should be funding less things, not more.

[Kubra]

I bet you think a hot dog is food culture

Listen, you are the Marxist. Stop stilling my god damn lines. You are supposed to be the man of the people.

i bet you dress the side of your bun instead of the top of the sausage you barbarian

[Ceolophysia]

Technically it is. We only consider our culture not culture because we live in it.

Nah, ask any tourist here if they think a hot dog is culture, get a load of the look you'll get. Our view of culture is why we shall never bridge the gap of sallivating sauce and sautee.

Does it even matter? Culture is subjective. It doesn't really matter what form it comes in. Your view of good culture isn't necessarily correct, and neither is mine. Stop acting like any opinion on this can possibly be factual.

[The New California Republic]

Technically clothes aren't necessary in warmer climates, but people still wear them.

And I disagree. Art in some form is necessary for most societies to function. Architecture, for example, relies heavily on art. Without it, we wouldn't have buildings...

We don't need the gov't to fund clothes, though.

That wasn't my argument. I meant that the necessity of a thing isn't always an argument against said thing.

[Ceolophysia]

We don't need the gov't to fund clothes, though.

That wasn't my argument. I meant that the necessity of a thing isn't always an argument against said thing.

It is for the government. I'd rather them not fund more things if we don't need them.

[Kubra]

Nah, ask any tourist here if they think a hot dog is culture, get a load of the look you'll get. Our view of culture is why we shall never bridge the gap of sallivating sauce and sautee.

Does it even matter? Culture is subjective. It doesn't really matter what form it comes in. Your view of good culture isn't necessarily correct, and neither is mine. Stop acting like any opinion on this can possibly be factual.

>culture is subjective
definition of a statement lacking culture. This is, of course, why we need government funding for culture.

[The New California Republic]

That wasn't my argument. I meant that the necessity of a thing isn't always an argument against said thing.

It is for the government. I'd rather them not fund more things if we don't need them.

Technically the White House gardens don't need to be landscaped, but they still do it anyway...

That train of thought, basing funding on need, leads us to some very weird places.

[Ceolophysia]

It is for the government. I'd rather them not fund more things if we don't need them.

Technically the White House gardens don't need to be landscaped, but they still do it anyway...

That train of thought, basing funding on need, leads us to some very weird places.

The problem is, only crappy avant garde art ever gets government funding. A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

[Great Minarchistan]

Technically the White House gardens don't need to be landscaped, but they still do it anyway...

That train of thought, basing funding on need, leads us to some very weird places.

The problem is, only crappy avant garde art ever gets government funding. A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

"But all art is equal!"

[Kubra]

Technically the White House gardens don't need to be landscaped, but they still do it anyway...

That train of thought, basing funding on need, leads us to some very weird places.

The problem is, only crappy avant garde art ever gets government funding. A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

oh well quite the judgement mister culture is subjective
A crucifix inside a jar of piss evokes thoughts of the nature of christ
What does marvel evoke

[The New California Republic]

A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

What gallery is that artwork currently being exhibited in? I may need to visit it.

[Ceolophysia]

The problem is, only crappy avant garde art ever gets government funding. A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

oh well quite the judgement mister culture is subjective
A crucifix inside a jar of piss evokes thoughts of the nature of christ
What does marvel evoke

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad. Something offensive isn't going to be popular, but something innocuous will be.

[Ceolophysia]

A picture of a jar filled with piss that has a crucifix inside isn't that good of art, but that's the type of art the government usually funds.

What gallery is that artwork currently being exhibited in? I may need to visit it.

It's called "Piss Christ," but I can't find what museum it's being held at.

[Kubra]

oh well quite the judgement mister culture is subjective
A crucifix inside a jar of piss evokes thoughts of the nature of christ
What does marvel evoke

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad. Something offensive isn't going to be popular, but something innocuous will be.

Popular=good you heard it here 1st folks
Since more copies of twilight are sold than copies of Walden, it's quite clear which are more worth reading.

[Ceolophysia]

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad. Something offensive isn't going to be popular, but something innocuous will be.

Popular=good you heard it here 1st folks
Since more copies of twilight are sold than copies of of Plato's dialogues, it's quite clear which are more worth reading.

If more people like it, then it's good for those people. I cant decide for other people whether a song, book, or movie is good or not, I can only decide for myself and hope others agree.

[Conservative Feminism]

What gallery is that artwork currently being exhibited in? I may need to visit it.

It's called "Piss Christ," but I can't find what museum it's being held at.

Hopefully in the same one as the Duchamp if it's in an earthquake prone area

[Kubra]

Popular=good you heard it here 1st folks
Since more copies of twilight are sold than copies of of Plato's dialogues, it's quite clear which are more worth reading.

If more people like it, then it's good for those people. I cant decide for other people whether a song, book, or movie is good or not, I can only decide for myself and hope others agree.

Oh yes, more people like teen fiction, even fully grown adults. Good for them, to forgo learning in favour of, well, teen fiction.

[Kubra]

It's called "Piss Christ," but I can't find what museum it's being held at.

Hopefully in the same one as the Duchamp if it's in an earthquake prone area

which duchamp
You know, artists usually have multiple pieces, so you'll have to be more specific

[Ifreann]

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad.

How can anyone say such a thing?

[Ceolophysia]

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad.

How can anyone say such a thing?

Because I cannot decide for others what is good art.

If more people like it, then it's good for those people. I cant decide for other people whether a song, book, or movie is good or not, I can only decide for myself and hope others agree.

Oh yes, more people like teen fiction, even fully grown adults. Good for them, to forgo learning in favour of, well, teen fiction.

Maybe I'd prefer to read the Dialogues, but maybe others do not. It's not my place to make that decision for them.

[The New California Republic]

If something is popular, that makes it good. If it isn't, it's bad.

How can anyone say such a thing?

It is like High School morality all over again...

[Kubra]

How can anyone say such a thing?

Because I cannot decide for others what is good art.

Oh yes, more people like teen fiction, even fully grown adults. Good for them, to forgo learning in favour of, well, teen fiction.

Maybe I'd prefer to read the Dialogues, but maybe others do not. It's not my place to make that decision for them.

Oh yes, victimless crime, except you know, our collective knowledge of scholarship. Bully for it, I say.
Besides, ain't you the one saying the "avant-garde" is shitty?

[Conservative Feminism]

Hopefully in the same one as the Duchamp if it's in an earthquake prone area

which duchamp
You know, artists usually have multiple pieces, so you'll have to be more specific

If you're familiar with Duchamp, it should be fairly obvious...

[Greater Istanistan]

Cannibalism is bad.

Are you implying that the rich are human? Ye gods, they're lizards! Lizards!