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What is DeviantArt Afraid Of?

What is DeviantArt Afraid Of? by BenHeine

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© 2009 [url=http://www.benheine.com/]Ben Heine[/url]
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[center]My illustration "[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/3402970232/sizes/l/]God is Love - Use Condoms[/url]" 
was censored at [url=http://deviantart.com/]DeviantArt[/url] and 
caused [url=http://benheine.deviantart.com/] my banning from this site[/url]. 

Read the full story [b][url=http://benjaminheine.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-is-deviantart-afraid-of.html]here[/url][/b].[/center]
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© 2009 Ben Heine
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My illustration "God is Love - Use Condoms"
was censored at DeviantArt and
caused my banning from this site.

Read the full story here.




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4 months ago

SimoneYvette says:

One of the best and most important pieces of art in the last 100 years... keep going my friend!
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5 months ago

joakimhagstrom says:

A martyred picture of a martyr. Funny.
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7 months ago

HappyBuddaH says:

I wouldn't call this a masterpiece. i'm not saying take it down or anything like that, just noting that the first commenter called it such. by all means, do what you do & don't stand for censorship and all hose types of things. i can see how & why this piece is controversial but i have to disagree on the masterpiece bit. i'm not trying to be rude or conceited or anything, everything ive posted is pretty much crap. also its kinda funny the other poster ~bluewaters~ censored themselves in their comment.
either way i'm not trying to be an asshole or anything. just jumping in the discussion.
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7 months ago

bluewaters says:

Holy f*cking shit I still can't believe that they would do that on dA but yeah the place is kinda childish and all... There's no real respect for what people do there...
Support you dude!
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7 months ago

CoMpY says:

My best support to you
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7 months ago

kman says:

I'm glad this made it to this week's popular. I saw the image in your blog when you first posted it. Personally I love satire, and I hope to see more work from you that makes me think.
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7 months ago

janikuusonen says:

I'm actually shocked that yu got banned from deviantart! I think it's compared to Google China: "Free Tibet" returned with 0 results.
Well... Not exactly the same thing but it was a first thing that came to my mind.

Ps. I really liked this idea.
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7 months ago

ryivhnn says:

Censured and censored!

From reading quickly I wonder if a staff member took offence and acted accordingly (problem with art, specially of the blatantly political variety, it's subjective). Unfortunately dA is enough of a borg to be able to have one law for the officers, one for the gentlemen, hopefully somethiing that won't happen here.

I've oftten wondered if God was sitting pleased that humans finally invened condoms after the whole Sodom and Gomorah debacle and is cursing the church for desperately clinging to outdated beliefs rather than paying attention and listening to what it has to say now.
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7 months ago

IC-Studio says:

People on DA really don't understand art. I mean, I enjoy DeviantArt, and there's some really cool people on that site. Plus, some good art! Some people there just don't understand expressng yourself in art.

I am a Protestant Christian, and I love this piece. I truly get the message of how Christ is portrayed nowadays in society. I think people should really understand messages instead of being terrified of nudity, sexual themes, etc.

Overall, great picture. Beautiful work.
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7 months ago

Zenko says:

I know the history behind this masterpiece and I will just say this:

We are not going to take down you art, so your safe with us!

Keep up the lively work and inspiring artworks.