High-school Art Project on Bush and Hitler

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A high school art student in Providence, RI has created a nice work of art comparing policies of Bush to Hitler. Not much of a stretch in my estimation. However, some have taken issue:

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"It's offensive to me," said Paul Lewis, a 34-year-old North Providence man.
Lewis said the piece poorly conveys what Eden told The Providence Journal he was trying to convey because it leaves too much to interpretation. Someone might think the artist believes the president is as evil as Hitler, he said.
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Well Duh! Art is all about interpretation. I suppose Mr. Lewis is one of those who has to have what ever he thinks dictated to him and have rudimentary movie plots explained. God forbid anyone should think for themselves.

Now the 'blogosphere' is all awash with indignant rants. Get over yourselves!

A little more information:

...his high-school art teacher asked him to express a thought or two in a three-dimensional way.

So, in the wake of last year's polarizing election and the war in Iraq, the 17-year-old built an abstract scene comparing President Bush's war policies with Adolf Hitler's pillage of Europe.

The student's diorama-like assemblage juxtaposes Hitler quotes with Bush statements, Nazi swastikas with American flags, desert-colored toy soldiers with olive plastic figures. And so on.

Eden said he's trying to point out certain similarities between the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the German blitzkrieg - without actually equating Hitler to Bush.

So let's not interpret anything, OK?

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