Re: [Marxism] New General Strike: A Syphilitic System

["Christopher Hutchinson" <christopher.hutch@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for pointing this out as I had no intention of denigrating victims
of syphilis.  Maybe my choice of wording was poor but I intended to use
microscopic images of sexually transmitted disease in homage to Diego
Rivera's mural "Man at the Crossroads".  When Rivera paints "Man at the
Crossroads" he puts images of Microscopic STD's hoovering over the majority
of a area depicting "high society".  The fact is i could have chosen any
number of horrible diseases to illustrate my point but I figured I would
project the horrible insanity of late-stage stage syphilis onto the ruling
elite to give them a healthy dose of the awful conditions in which they
force a vast majority of the working class around the world to live in.

http://www.csulb.edu/~karenk/20thcwebsite/438final/ah438fin-ImageF.00057.jpeg
"Man at the Crossroads" by Diego Rivera

keep well,
christopher

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Ruthless Critic of All that Exists <
ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx <ok.president%2Bmarxml@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Christopher Hutchinson
> <christopher.hutch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The Capitalists blatant disregard for human existence can only be the
> work
> > of minds riddled with syphilis...
> >
> > www.generalstrikecomicstrip.blogspot.com
>
> I am sorry, but I want to point out in a comradely and constructive
> way that the wording is in poor taste. Victims of disease (even if the
> disease is syphilis) should never be denigrated.
>
> Why is syphilis singled out for opprobrium? Because it is associated
> with sexual promiscuity? Because it is historically associated with
> sex workers? Whatever is the case, socialists should not single out
> victims of syphilis in this degrading manner.
>
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