Beneath contempt, beneath belief

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http://community.livejournal.com/linguaphiles/3225121.html

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Ugh.

[8bitbard.livejournal.com]

Why do I get the feeling that many of the posters in that thread would think it funny if the actual painting were defaced?

Re: Ugh.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't mind so much the kind of rough schoolchild humour that paints a mustache and broken teeth on the Gioconda. We have all done that, I guess. This guy, however, is asking that the whole significance of the painting be changed to suit his.... tastes. And that, I think, is far worse than any defacement.