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"Day without art" is ridiculous
A post on the ID Weeks blog states that, on Dec. 1, the library will cover first-floor art with black cloth in order to observe "Day without Art," in mourning for AIDS.
Yes, AIDS is bad. But so are lots of diseases. But the libraries don't normally cover the art in honor of lupus victims. Or those sufferers of diabetes. Etc.
That the libraries are discriminating against people with diseases other than AIDS is humorous in its irony- the PC crowd attempts to honor or mourn a group of people, (those with AIDS) then ends up discriminating against an even larger group of people (those with diseases other than AIDS).
Next comes the inevitable question: What does covering art actually DO? Nothing, of course.
But we like doing nothing. It's easy. It's cheap. Cover the paintings and feel better about yourself.
They'll say it's for "awareness." But who ISN'T aware of AIDS?
The simple truth is that AIDS won't be eradicated by covering art, but by loads of money funding a determined, focused effort in a laboratory. Any assertion to the contrary is ridiculous.
-Matt Hittle
Posted at 10:29AM Nov 25, 2008 by College Republicans in General | Comments[4]
