Iraq painting that triggered assault may hang at SF City Hall

[democracyindanger]

"An oil painting of U.S. soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners may find sanctuary at San Francisco City Hall after provoking some irate viewers to threaten and assault the owner of the art gallery where it was originally shown.

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin intends to introduce a resolution on Tuesday that if approved by the city's legislative body would bring the painting, titled "Abuse," to the halls of government and condemn the attacks directed at the Capociano gallery and its owner, Lori Haigh."

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"But San Francisco Republican activist Mike DeNunzio called Peskin's plan "a shame."

"Would he also like to put a photograph of the young man whose head was sawed off by terrorists?" asked DeNunzio. "Would he also like to put up photograph of the thousands of men and women who were murdered by Saddam Hussein?"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/03/state2006EDT0174.DTL

[neuvocat]

1. Get a load of this:

"Would he also like to put a photograph of the young man whose head was sawed off by terrorists?" asked DeNunzio. "Would he also like to put up photograph of the thousands of men and women who were murdered by Saddam Hussein?"

You know what, Mike? Let's go ahead and do that. Let's just hang up both sets of pictures side-by-side and don't label them. That way, people will have to guess which group was killed by Bush and which group was killed by Hussein. They won't be able to tell who's worse! Happy now, idiot?

[democracyindanger]

2. Excellent :) nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. DeNunzio is a first rate...

asswipe.

He shows up here in SF frequently spouting the most bizarre, RW things.

He and his platform can't get arrested here.

[Lorien]

4. DeNuttzio doesn't get it; Americans aren't supposed to do

those kinds of things. Now we're no better than the worst humanity has to offer.

[AndyTiedye]

5. Put Some of the prison pictures there too...

...so people can see how Berg's captors seem to have the same taste
in wall paint, patio furniture, and prisoner attire
as do the US military.