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To: FJB who wrote (9765)	8/30/2007 5:47:49 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Hmmmmm, wonder when the Christians will start rioting /sarc Artist Defends Osama-as-Jesus news.com.au ^ \| August 30, 2007 \| ELIZABETH FORTESCUE, news.com.au THE Queensland artist behind a controversial work depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus today invited those considering her work to look a little more deeply than the obvious comparison of good and evil. Priscilla Bracks denied she had deliberately set out to be offensive. "Absolutely not, no, no. I am not interested in being offensive. I am interested in having a discussion and asking questions about how we think about our world and what we accept and what we don't accept," she told ABC radio. The Prime Minister Johns Howard has branded the work "gratuitously offensive" to Christians. Ms Bracks' work and a statue of the Virgin Mary wearing an Islamic burqa by Sydney artist Luke Sullivan have been entered into Australia's top religious art competition, the Blake Prize. Both Mr Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd have criticised their inclusion. "The choice of such artwork is gratuitously offensive to the religious beliefs of many Australians," Mr Howard said in News Ltd newspapers. Ms Bracks welcomed the criticism. "Well I suppose we always have an opinion on how they do their job. I am fine with the fact that they might have an opinion on how I do mine," she said. (Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ....