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You can enjoy the architecture and art (Notre Dame) without necessarily endorsing the artist (the church institution). Other examples: - Roman Polanski is a ba

You can enjoy the architecture and art (Notre Dame) without necessarily endorsing the artist (the church institution). Other examples: - Roman Polanski is a bad human who made good movies - The Pyramids of Egypt are grand structures but accomplished with slave labor etc. etc.

jakear 4y ago
Slaves didn't build the pyramids: > Animal bones found at the village show that the workers were getting the best cuts of meat. More than anything, there were bread jars, hundreds and thousands of them – enough to feed all the workers, who slept in long, purpose-built dormitories. Slaves would never have been treated this well, so we think that these labourers were recruited from farms, perhaps from a region much further down the Nile, near Luxor. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyram...
virtualritz 4y ago
Not disagreeing with your point. However: > The Pyramids of Egypt are grand structures but accomplished with slave labor That theory is not well supported any more as of ca. 2010.[1] [1] see Construction/Workforce in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
justinator 4y ago
I... know. Although your examples are pretty bad. Roman Polanski is still alive, lives within the same legal boundaries of my world and should face the same repercussions for crimes. I may elect to not watch his films in favor of another artist as I certainly do not condone his behavior. A historical church from the Middle Ages built by generations of anonymous builders - maybe a different situation.
trasz 4y ago
Sure, but in this case this could be easily avoided by turning it into something useful to society, eg a museum.
jacquesm 4y ago
The church institution is not the artist, they were the artists' sponsor and commissioned the work.

jakear 4y ago

Slaves didn't build the pyramids: > Animal bones found at the village show that the workers were getting the best cuts of meat. More than anything, there were bread jars, hundreds and thousands of them – enough to feed all the workers, who slept in long, purpose-built dormitories. Slaves would never have been treated this well, so we think that these labourers were recruited from farms, perhaps from a region much further down the Nile, near Luxor. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyram...

virtualritz 4y ago

Not disagreeing with your point. However: > The Pyramids of Egypt are grand structures but accomplished with slave labor That theory is not well supported any more as of ca. 2010.[1] [1] see Construction/Workforce in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

justinator 4y ago

I... know. Although your examples are pretty bad. Roman Polanski is still alive, lives within the same legal boundaries of my world and should face the same repercussions for crimes. I may elect to not watch his films in favor of another artist as I certainly do not condone his behavior. A historical church from the Middle Ages built by generations of anonymous builders - maybe a different situation.

trasz 4y ago

Sure, but in this case this could be easily avoided by turning it into something useful to society, eg a museum.

jacquesm 4y ago

The church institution is not the artist, they were the artists' sponsor and commissioned the work.