28 Apr '09 03:10>
The post that was quoted here has been removedhow i have missed you!
I have a friend who collects SS memorabilia, you know, badges, swords, post cards, letters etc etc he is not a Nazi in any shape or form, either ideologically or historically, but is just fascinated by that whole epoch of history. Thus if he had a spare £95,000 to buy one of the Fuhrers pieces i am quite sure he would! nor do i think his conscience would twinge in the slightest, for he is a collector of these things not a protagonist of the ideology which has come to associated with them.
As to this other point, its really incredibly interesting, how free are artists actually? are they products of their time and environment as the Marxists may suggest?