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I'm genuinely quite disturbed by this worrying trend. Why are people assuming that the work of disgraced artists must be suppressed or destroyed? There's plenty of classic art, literature, music, films etc whose creators were dodgy people. By the same token, if say a builder gets done for some infamous crime, they don't go out and knock down all the houses he built, do they? No. Well then.

I'm genuinely quite disturbed by this worrying trend. Why are people assuming that the work of disgraced artists must be suppressed or destroyed? There's plenty of classic art, literature, music, films etc whose creators were dodgy people. By the same token, if say a builder gets done for some infamous crime, they don't go out and knock down all the houses he built, do they? No. Well then. Fred West was a builder and I'm pretty sure Gloucester is still on the map. Gloucester is, but 25 Cromwell Street isn't. I think the reason that they need to destroy the work that this person has done is the feeling that if they possess or take enjoyment from the work that they're in some way supporting the crimes perpetrated by that person. I haven't destroyed any of my Rolf Harris albums, although the t-shirt I have now gets worn when I do gardening. I haven't destroyed any of my three Caravaggios either and he was a bit of a naughty boy.

Except that ain't how we do it, numbnuts. That's like me saying "oh, if I include the number of times I had sex in 2007 or something, I'm doing pretty okay for this year!" Edit: Just realised I probably shouldn't have said "2007", that would leave me wide open to Maryport who is obviously in a Maddie mood today.

He might serve better that way than as a bankable pick. He's also high profile enough to provide more entertainment/news updates than Dunn, who spent most of his time as our mascot just chilling out in his Algarve home (he was still breathing in that area when Maddie vanished but...best not go there, eh?) Lee embraces life in ways that challenge ideas about those in their tenth decade.

Well done TMIB. I am really sad to see you retire as the host of the DDP.

Paul relocated us to Drunk?Bored?Physcopath? despite us being none. In a conscious effort to avoid falling foul of on-topic rules again; O.J Simpsons ex-wifes dad Lou Brown Jr has died http://perezhilton.c...-simpson-father /obscure

*Rubs you off on the whiteboard* *Bookmarks this thread for 2035 in phone calendar* By the looks of it, you have the ability to pick celebrities that refuse to die, so I'm sure RA would be glad to be on your DDP list in 2035.