Indiana residents can sleep a little easier at night. State and local police
agencies have joined forces with concerned citizens to eradicate one of the
worst criminal threats to ever plague our state.
Art.
Art, as in paintings and sculptures. The Hoosier State has made national news in
the past few months for launching an all-out offensive to stop art from hitting
the streets and corrupting its children. Unlike the war on drugs, the state so
far has been successful in accomplishing its goals. A couple of examples:
CNN.com reported in August the story of an Evansville man who was forced to
place a sheet over the privates of a nude sculpture in his side yard to keep the
neighbors off his back, even though technically he violated no law. The
sculpture was an exact replica of Michelangelo’s “David”, one of the nastiest
pieces of so-called art in history. (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/08/18/offbeat.naked.statue.ap/)
Just this past Thursday, an Indianapolis woman was arrested for driving a car
with the image of a nude woman painted on it. The woman was originally pulled
over by police for having a broken taillight. The officer noticed the painting
on the trunk and arrested the woman for disseminating matter harmful to minors,
a class D felony. The woman told the officer she was only driving her
boyfriend’s show car because hers was in the shop and she had to take her child
to the hospital. Luckily the police officer didn’t believe her lame story and
took this lawbreaker to jail where she belongs.
(http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/110230-2727-009.html)
Most Hoosiers agree that our state is no place for this filth. Real art consists
of pictures of flowers and puppies, not nude people with their genitalia
flopping around everywhere. Advocates of this kind of pornography try to justify
their actions by arguing that not allowing it is a violation of their
constitutional rights. I looked up the Bill of Rights in a history book in the
library, and nowhere does it say anything about freedom of art.
Only through constant vigilance can we keep Indiana a safe and non-offensive
place to live. We can never let our guard down against subversive influences
like art that might turn our children into pervert fiends.
