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| EBay refuses to list Yukon artist’s ’weasel’ cards |
| 2003-08-06 |
| Congrats to eBay An artist in Yukon who created pictures of playing cards mocking the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has been told he can’t sell them on EBay – and received death threats for even trying. Dawson City artist John Steins had his listings removed from the U.S.-based Internet auction site late last month, ostensibly for violating its "Faces, Names and Signatures" policy. He has created a parody of the White House’s deck of cards featuring its most-wanted Iraqis. Steins is undeterred by either EBay or the hate mail he has received. "I think an artist has to use their talent to make a statement that they really believe in, though it might be really unpopular," he said. Steins has registered his own Web site – www.thebushadministration.com ... If you have nothing better to do, go to this guy’s website and read his descriptions of the cards, although it’s nothing we haven’t heard before... |
| Posted by:Raphael |
| #12 NMM,didn't you admit you are gay(proudly proclaim that you have a"Rich Jewish Dr."for a boy friend)? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 7:45:05 AM |
| #11 NMM,didn't you admit you are gay(proudly proclaim that you have a"Rich Jewish Dr."for a boy friend)? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 7:44:20 AM |
| #10 NMM,didn't you admit you are gay(proudly proclaim that you have a"Rich Jewish Dr."for a boy friend)? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 7:43:12 AM |
| #9 Oh, and by the way, I'd let the knucklehead sell his crap but eBay certainly doesn't need to carry it if they choose not to--his descendents will be real proud (not) of his pro-Iraqi slavery stance. |
| Posted by: JDB 2003-8-6 11:33:48 PM |
| #8 The last lefty to actually die from his wounds was Robert Kennedy who was gunned down by a "Jordanian" (actually a Palestinian) for his defense of Israel in the 1967 war. Lefties got the message and won't dare question Paleos now. George Wallace was a Democrat who supported racial preferences but he didn't die in 1972. |
| Posted by: JDB 2003-8-6 11:28:21 PM |
| #7 Once again, sarcasm is wasted on you Zhang--I do believe he's gotten some vituperitive E-mails akin to what I've seen here ( Gay, Commie, Islamonut,Anarchist, etc) serious death threats? Probably not |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 11:21:41 PM |
| #6 NMM: And if you disagree with the Right Wing agenda---we'll kill ya! Pretending to have received death threats is a standard ploy by the loony left to garner attention. I have yet to hear of a lefty public figure getting assassinated in spite of the use of really inflammatory language. Has anyone taken a shot at Mike Moore yet? Just how difficult would it be for a motivated individual to take him out? This guy Stein is just grandstanding for the cameras - to him, claiming to have received death threats is a sign that he's important. Where before he was just another nobody, this claim has provided oodles of free publicity. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-6 11:17:59 PM |
| #5 I agree with AP. Much as I disagree with the asshat, it's his First Amendment right. However, eBay is not a public institution but a private enterprise, so it may be their right to deny the listing as well. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-8-6 10:59:58 PM |
| #4 Well Canada is walking on eggshells--must be some timber deal--but didn't the last Candian who called GWB "Shrub" have to resign? |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 10:59:14 PM |
| #3 I read four of the descriptions of the cards and do not find them to be the kind of hate speech that should be pulled. He did call Bush a war criminal. I do not agree with the artist, but so what, let him post his wares, B.F.D. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-6 10:54:44 PM |
| #2 No we're not that violent in Canada... |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-6 10:39:01 PM |
| #1 And if you disagree with the Right Wing agenda---we'll kill ya! |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 10:28:58 PM |