Art Controversy in Troy NY - Timeline

Freedom of speech means the freedom to disagee and express oneself freely without discrimination.

This is only artwork created by a peaceful individual who wishes to express himself and generously share his gift with others. Shall we start burning books next?

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
~Benjamin Franklin

~Peace

Asking a liberal to be smart is like asking a Muslim to show courage on the battlefield. You can ask, but it strongly recommended that you not hold your breath waiting for the desired outcome.

I think Waffle Boy needs a trip to Club Gitmo so he can experience a tropical retreat from the stresses of virtual jihad.

A protest is planned right in front of City Hall Tuesday March 18 at 5:30pm. Please come and show your support for free speech and the arts in Troy, and speak out against the corruption evident in Mr. Mirch's recent actions. FREE TROY!!!

Salman Rushdie said:"If you cannot defend what to you is unpalatable,then you do not believe in free speech.You only believe in the free speech of those who agree with you."It is one thing to protest against something,that is a clear right however it is quite another to misuse ones power as a public servant to silence the speech of others.I have a feeling Bob Mirch is going to discover this when he faces a suit for using his public office to deny a citizen their civil rights.

Nice, who wants to live in a police state, raise your hand. Suppressing artistic freedom was one of the first actions taken by Hitler and Mao. The masses are distracted by the picture and oblivious to the message.

Once again people cannot apply to themselves the standards they apply to others. This art exhibition is a mod of the game quest for Saddam which let you kill all the brown people you wanted. there was no outrage.All this guy did this just change the models from brown to white . Looks like i will have to repeat what free of speech means. Freedom of speech means your in favor of freedom of speech for the views you hate.everyone is in favor of speech they like. even hitler stalin pol pot etc

A lot of art I've seen expresses hate towards something.