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Tribune torn over titillating statue: rock hard penis poses problems

This is what happens when you are home schooled. This is what happens when you are never ever exposed to other cultures, other ideas. This is what happens when you have such a low opinion of your own morality that you fear that even the smallest penis temptation might set you off on the road to hell and perdition.

Some readers also called to express their dismay over side-by- side photographs of Michelangelo's David that ran in the Nation/World section Tuesday. The statue, completed in 1504, is considered to be one of Michelangelo's greatest sculptures and a Renaissance masterpiece.

The story was about the eight- month restoration of the marble sculpture. Experts removed dirt and chalk deposits in the marble's pores, which had given the masterpiece a gray patina. We ran photographs of the sculpture before and after the restoration so readers could see the change.

The people who complained to The Tampa Tribune said they were offended we would run images of the naked David, who is shown poised before battle with Goliath. Some said they did not want their children exposed to the photographs.
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The response, however small, shows the sometimes difficult job of anticipating the varied responses people have to the newspaper's content.

And, apparently, if you are the Tampa Tribune, this is what you report as news, even if only one or two people actually complained, because to simply ignore these sick Ashcroftian moralists would be to let the pernicious amoral child-fucking priests pornographers win.

No longer will US Attorney General John Ashcroft appear in public with a semi-nude statue towering above him.

The US Justice Department has spent $8,000 on curtains to hide the statue from the cameras.

The female, art-deco "Spirit of Justice" statue, with one breast exposed, is located on the podium in the department's ornate Great Hall where news conferences are often held.