Terrorism as performance art

[Deeg]

You couldn’t make this stuff up:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3_OL4iMEraXNvCj_LpKSKRpWzdwD94EQQB80

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — A Belfast judge convicted a notorious Protestant militant Friday of trying to kill Catholic politicians during his bizarre — and internationally broadcast — attempt to attack the Northern Ireland Assembly two years ago.

Justice Donnell Deeny rejected as unbelievable Michael Stone’s claim that he intended his November 2006 assault on Northern Ireland’s power-sharing legislature to be an act of cutting-edge performance art.

[Ale]

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[Ale]

Gee, I know art critics can be harsh, but sending the guy to prison for life is a bit too much, no?

Wait… :dubious:

[Autolycus]

Yeah, that’s grade-A bullshit, but it does make me wonder, is it only performance art if you only hurt yourself?

[williambaskerville]

As an Irishman, I just popped into this thread to say … only in Ireland.

Seriously, only in Ireland could this happen.

[Quartz]

Someone laid fake bombs in London a while back as ‘performance art’.

[Alessan]

All terrorism is performance art.

[Gukumatz]

@Alessan

All terrorism is performance art.

I wonder if right now, someone in a cave somewhere is clapping Osama Bin Laden on the shoulder, going “So, so, it’s alright. Tough crowd.”

[Alessan]

Real performance artists don’t do it for allacuse - they do it to challange people’s preconceptions.

[Lust4Life]

We’ve all heard about people suffering for their art,well he was just trying redress the balance a little and make OTHER people suffer for his art.

[Laudenum]

I can’t wait to read the judgement.

[Deeg]

@Lust4Life

We’ve all heard about people suffering for their art,well he was just trying redress the balance a little and make OTHER people suffer for his art.

Britney Spears has been doing that for years.