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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 01:55 AM
Response to Reply #103
109. I know what I said
Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 01:56 AM by imenja
and while it may sound prejudiced, and may in fact be prejudiced, it is also true. It also responded to the other posters comments that the rest of the country outside of NY was essentially worthless. Snobbery pisses me off.
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  -The Gates Are Beautiful - PIX >>> Stephanie  Feb-16-05 02:41 PM   #0 
  - My opinion, it's a horrid waste of money, effort, and time  Walt Starr   Feb-16-05 02:41 PM   #1 
  - And they will probably end up in a landfill  BlueEyedSon   Feb-16-05 02:42 PM   #3 
  - It will all be recycled. n/t  CottonBear   Feb-16-05 02:46 PM   #6 
     - Didn't his giant umbrella install blow over and kill someone?  Must_B_Free   Feb-16-05 11:09 PM   #100 
  - Well, the artist paid for it all himself  China_cat   Feb-16-05 03:26 PM   #48 
     - The artist earned the money to pay for the project by selling drawings  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 03:27 PM   #50 
     - why not donate it to tsunami survivors?  jdj   Feb-16-05 07:33 PM   #93 
        - Do you really want to know why?  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:08 AM   #101 
     - Still a waste, IMO  Walt Starr   Feb-16-05 03:32 PM   #51 
     - "Masturbation is its own reward", said Ben Franklin....  dicksteele   Feb-16-05 05:36 PM   #75 
     - I never said I liked it  China_cat   Feb-16-05 06:56 PM   #89 
     - What a nasty post. n/t  tasteblind   Feb-17-05 08:14 AM   #118 
     - but it's on public property.  LiberallyInclined   Feb-17-05 09:59 AM   #127 
        - Public property  China_cat   Feb-17-05 12:32 PM   #138 
  - Im thinking that they must look great at dawn  oldtime dfl_er   Feb-16-05 02:42 PM   #2 
  - My god I hope that's only temporary.  tabasco   Feb-16-05 02:44 PM   #4 
  - Very beautiful!  CottonBear   Feb-16-05 02:45 PM   #5 
  - Are you familiar with Michael Heizer?  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 02:49 PM   #14 
     - No I'm not. That is way cool.  CottonBear   Feb-16-05 03:23 PM   #42 
  - They're certainly better than some of Christo's earlier efforts  tridim   Feb-16-05 02:46 PM   #7 
  - makes me think of China and the lanterns  KissMeKate   Feb-16-05 02:47 PM   #8 
  - In person I didn't think it was attractive - but just my opinion.  elsiesummers   Feb-16-05 02:47 PM   #9 
  - I feel the same way, but I have liked some of Christo's other  smirkymonkey   Feb-16-05 03:13 PM   #36 
  - Yes it's not permanent so not a big deal.  elsiesummers   Feb-16-05 03:27 PM   #49 
  - My immediate reaction to the color was to refer to it as "Ukrainian  fob   Feb-16-05 05:49 PM   #83 
     - that's synchronicity  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:10 AM   #102 
  - 21 million?!?!  Behind the Aegis   Feb-16-05 02:48 PM   #10 
  - Still photos can't capture their essence  Bluebear   Feb-16-05 02:48 PM   #11 
  - I would loved to have made a trip  bloom   Feb-16-05 02:48 PM   #12 
  - I'm tellin' you...  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 02:49 PM   #13 
  - yeah, why don't we just blow the rest of the country off the map  imenja   Feb-16-05 02:51 PM   #16 
  - yeah New Yorks are  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 02:55 PM   #23 
     - On a more serious note  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 02:59 PM   #26 
     - Exactly right - but why attack the right of the art to exist at all?  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 03:02 PM   #29 
        - A lot of people somehow assume that  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 03:11 PM   #35 
           - I don't think this is pretty or challenging  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:21 PM   #65 
              - Did you read my post?  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 06:23 PM   #85 
     - feel free to start your own secession movement  imenja   Feb-16-05 04:37 PM   #56 
     - You know I was joking, right?  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 04:56 PM   #57 
        - well, I thought it was a joke that revealed your true thoughts  imenja   Feb-16-05 10:42 PM   #99 
           - Re-read your posts, and substitute "Southerners" every time you say  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:12 AM   #103 
              - I know what I said  imenja   Feb-17-05 01:55 AM   #109 
                 - Really? Show me a post that says "the rest of the country outside of NY" -  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 02:05 AM   #110 
                    - I paraphrased  imenja   Feb-17-05 02:07 AM   #111 
                       - Okay, yes, that's an example of prejudice.  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 02:12 AM   #112 
                       - well I'm sorry I offend you  imenja   Feb-17-05 03:38 AM   #113 
                          - Okay, now you've just stereotyped New Yorkers as rude -  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 08:03 AM   #117 
                             - I did not say 6 million people  imenja   Feb-17-05 11:40 AM   #133 
                                - I have lost my patience with you  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 12:07 PM   #136 
                                   - I have been to NY and I am not Southern  imenja   Feb-17-05 01:11 PM   #142 
                                      - "you evidently are comfortable -  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:21 PM   #144 
                       - Yo --  Goldmund   Feb-17-05 10:14 AM   #131 
     - LMAO!!!  Robin Hood   Feb-17-05 10:04 AM   #130 
  - To me, it looks like a celebration at Red Square.  Walt Starr   Feb-16-05 03:24 PM   #45 
     - Hey, I'd be all for staging one of those in Central Park  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 03:25 PM   #46 
  - I think they would have looked better in the summer.  Zynx   Feb-16-05 02:50 PM   #15 
  - I want to see them in snow  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 02:52 PM   #19 
  - I think they would look better against green than against white.  Zynx   Feb-16-05 03:05 PM   #32 
  - The original concept was to do it in Fall  KurtNYC   Feb-17-05 08:52 AM   #120 
     - i thought he said that he CHOSE February..  LiberallyInclined   Feb-17-05 10:02 AM   #128 
        - why so hostile?  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 10:03 AM   #129 
           - you say artist...  LiberallyInclined   Feb-17-05 11:46 AM   #134 
              - Nature did not create Central Park  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 12:09 PM   #137 
  - Eh, the color is pretty even if it does  bystnder   Feb-16-05 02:51 PM   #17 
  - It's in Central Park  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 02:52 PM   #20 
  - They scream Communist China to me  Generator   Feb-16-05 02:52 PM   #18 
  - i dont like them at all, thanks for the pix  seabeyond   Feb-16-05 02:53 PM   #21 
  - One mans art is another mans fart.  trumad   Feb-16-05 02:55 PM   #25 
     - i guess and i say this respectfully i know it to be true  seabeyond   Feb-16-05 03:00 PM   #27 
        - I think it's the color....  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:27 PM   #71 
  - Japanese Torii are being cited as the precedent  NewYorkerfromMass   Feb-16-05 02:54 PM   #22 
  - I think they are pretty cool looking  bryant69   Feb-16-05 02:55 PM   #24 
  - They remind me of torii gates at a Japanese temple  lebkuchen   Feb-16-05 03:01 PM   #28 
  - The complaints remind me of Van Gogh's art being shunned  indigobusiness   Feb-16-05 03:04 PM   #30 
  - And sometimes criticism is justified....  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:24 PM   #67 
  - Van Gogh didn't spend an insane sum to make his art  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:26 PM   #70 
  - Reminds me of laundry day at my grandmas house  Xithras   Feb-16-05 03:04 PM   #31 
  - ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   Feb-16-05 03:05 PM   #33 
  - Looks like something from the Amazing Race....  Stop_the_War   Feb-16-05 03:08 PM   #34 
  - I think it's beautiful, too  eleny   Feb-16-05 03:13 PM   #37 
  - Home Depot. n/t  elsiesummers   Feb-16-05 03:14 PM   #38 
  - The world's longest ski run. Not my thing, but I'm not irritated over it  MrsGrumpy   Feb-16-05 03:15 PM   #39 
  - They Are Beautiful - Thanks For Posting For Us  otohara   Feb-16-05 03:20 PM   #40 
  - Maybe they look better in person.  Pithlet   Feb-16-05 03:22 PM   #41 
  - Ahhh...Nothing more stimulating than a good art controversy.  MissMarple   Feb-16-05 03:23 PM   #43 
  - Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for posting.  Hamlette   Feb-16-05 03:24 PM   #44 
  - Oops, Rumsfeld just changed them.... (photo)  bob_weaver   Feb-16-05 03:25 PM   #47 
  - But now they're the bad color!  B3Nut   Feb-16-05 03:36 PM   #53 
  - I haven't seen those wide ones!  BurtWorm   Feb-16-05 03:35 PM   #52 
  - There were really wide ones around the Great Lawn  Stephanie   Feb-16-05 03:37 PM   #55 
  - Thank you for the pictures and all I can say about DU these days is  Ripley   Feb-16-05 03:37 PM   #54 
  - I don't think DU is full of art haters  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:08 PM   #59 
  - No shit! We could have bought like...  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 05:09 PM   #60 
  - Or provided health care for thousands of children  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:21 PM   #64 
     - Have you ever bought a book in your life?  Goldmund   Feb-16-05 06:22 PM   #84 
        - exactly, like some wisdom attributed to mohammed...  NuttyFluffers   Feb-17-05 03:58 AM   #114 
  - Maybe you missed the reference of this to trailer trash art?  Ripley   Feb-16-05 05:35 PM   #74 
     - Indeed, I did miss the reference to trailer trash art  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:47 PM   #81 
     - So what's NOT ego driven? n/t  Cats Against Frist   Feb-16-05 06:49 PM   #88 
     - Excellent Pooint about "Hollywood Glitterama"  Cats Against Frist   Feb-16-05 06:48 PM   #87 
  - But is this art?  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:26 PM   #69 
  - Yes, it is art  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:28 PM   #72 
  - Yes, this is art. It's just art you don't like.  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:22 AM   #104 
     - Exactly. I love that it's got people all stirred up.  Shakespeare   Feb-17-05 12:50 PM   #140 
  - not all art has to be appreciated.  LiberallyInclined   Feb-17-05 11:50 AM   #135 
  - Look good to me.  goodhue   Feb-16-05 04:58 PM   #58 
  - Garbage. Litter. Waste. Overpriced. Would rather see wind turbines.  HypnoToad   Feb-16-05 05:16 PM   #61 
  - I think it looks like some sort of Video Game mission  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:18 PM   #62 
  - It reminds me of "Tron"  Pithlet   Feb-16-05 05:41 PM   #77 
     - Oh, I remember Tron  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:42 PM   #78 
  - In an increasingly ephemeral world, Cristo's latest, probably last,  pinto   Feb-16-05 05:20 PM   #63 
  - 20 million bucks would have fed a lot of people....  leftchick   Feb-16-05 05:23 PM   #66 
  - Are they going to recycle that material?  Stuckinthebush   Feb-16-05 05:25 PM   #68 
  - note to the people afraid DU is full of anti-art folk  enki23   Feb-16-05 05:31 PM   #73 
  - Thanks, voice of reason  theboss   Feb-16-05 05:38 PM   #76 
  - My reference is not about "taste."  Ripley   Feb-16-05 05:45 PM   #79 
  - Yep, he's the Thomas Kinkade of canvas  Xithras   Feb-16-05 05:48 PM   #82 
  - No, he's not, because he invites people to dislike his art, too.  Shakespeare   Feb-17-05 12:55 PM   #141 
  - You are full of orange curtains  Cats Against Frist   Feb-16-05 07:02 PM   #90 
  - i didn't say it "wasn't art."  enki23   Feb-16-05 08:21 PM   #94 
  - Sorry -- I attached a whole lot of poetry community baggage  Cats Against Frist   Feb-16-05 08:48 PM   #96 
  - the argument is whether the art has a right to exist even if -  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:34 AM   #106 
     - You are missing a major point  theboss   Feb-17-05 09:17 AM   #122 
        - It took him 27 years until he was granted the right to use Central Park  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 09:29 AM   #124 
           - DC has had the painted donkeys, elephants and pandas for a few years  theboss   Feb-17-05 10:14 AM   #132 
  - It's beautiful, IMO, but it's not art.  robcon   Feb-16-05 05:46 PM   #80 
  - How did they get a permit when Protestors were denied?  JanMichael   Feb-16-05 06:25 PM   #86 
  - Looks like a bunch of shower curtains to me  gollygee   Feb-16-05 07:08 PM   #91 
  - nice.  KG   Feb-16-05 07:28 PM   #92 
  - Well I like them.  Bouncy Ball   Feb-16-05 08:24 PM   #95 
  - The contrast is beautiful, isn't it?  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:46 AM   #107 
  - It's not that bad.  donheld   Feb-16-05 08:56 PM   #97 
  - Nice Pix  marions ghost   Feb-16-05 09:54 PM   #98 
  - Excellent post!!  chefgirl   Feb-17-05 01:27 AM   #105 
  - I prefer "Dogs Playing Poker"  Blue-Jay   Feb-17-05 01:51 AM   #108 
  - in such a diverse and colorful city....  NuttyFluffers   Feb-17-05 04:19 AM   #115 
  - Honestly, I welcome ANY attempts to beautify American cities  American Tragedy   Feb-17-05 04:57 AM   #116 
  - Does Central Park really need "beautified?"  theboss   Feb-17-05 09:19 AM   #123 
  - I like the idea, but...  mwb970   Feb-17-05 08:35 AM   #119 
  - I think they're beautful.  Padraig18   Feb-17-05 08:54 AM   #121 
  - It's interesting - but I don't see $20 million dollars there  flygal   Feb-17-05 09:45 AM   #125 
  - There are 7500 gates  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 09:56 AM   #126 
     - well, someone got robbed  ProdigalJunkMail   Feb-17-05 12:33 PM   #139 
  - The Art of the Gates Is Less the Physical Gates  GiovanniC   Feb-17-05 01:20 PM   #143 
  - Agreed! Definitely.  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:25 PM   #146 
  - Good for the economy, though  Danmel   Feb-17-05 01:23 PM   #145 
  - I have some art lovers from Montana coming into town just for this  Stephanie   Feb-17-05 01:27 PM   #147 
  - Uhm....Europeans do NOT tip well.  iconoclastNYC   Feb-17-05 01:50 PM   #149 
  - They remind me of Buddhist monks.  crispini   Feb-17-05 01:35 PM   #148 
 

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