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Originally Posted by weateallthepies
Surely he'd get a Christian response...forgiveness...turning the other cheek and so on.
I don't think the artist is naive, obviously the art was going to offend some people. I just don't believe that violence is an acceptable response to being offended, nobody has the right to not be offended.
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Knowing my faith, I think the odds of "turning the other cheek" are only about 50-50, unfortunately. That's one of the principles that is the hardest for for humanity to internalize, it seems.
I agree that violence is not an acceptable response to being offended, and what that woman did was criminally wrong. My point, though, was that violent reactions to art and the artist that are perceived to have committed sacrilege have become the norm - no matter what the religion. Not to have have expected that is either naive or disingenuous on the part of the artist.