Why Florida attained Satori, not ignorance, for booing & hissing at Michaelangelo's David.
Recall the Michaelangelo's Statue of David debacle? Florida Principle Declares State of David Pornographic You probably thought this was a triumph of typical American ignorance over EVROPA's fine art. Nope. Floridians booed and hissed at David because they saw it was artwork, not because they were ignorant of artwork. Japanese immigration, despite its relatively small number compared to English, Irish, or German immigration, had more of an emotional impact than those three groups put together. Everyone, at some point, saw the Japanese body of a nisei or sansei. Some probably played doctor with their racial features. Floridians recognized that Caucasian bodies--which Michaelangelo's David very faithfully captures--are artwork, not fit for human beings. Europeans celebrate Caucasian bodies because, unlike Americans, they don't get together in public settings with Japanese. That's how everyone in the U.S.A. knows they're God's chosen people. The genies out of t...