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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Bathroom Humour

I don't usually hang around in washrooms whipping out my cell phone camera but when I saw this on the wall of the stall I was, uh, using, I couldn't help but snap a pic:

I know I'm not the first person to photograph a swastika in a toilet but I think mine has some artistic merit, and even a point. Whereas Kinsella's swastika was apparently unopposed in its statement, mine was defaced by someone not so much supportive of Nazi symbology. Then I read the little diatribe next to the defaced swatika:

"If it wasn't for you racist whores there wouldn't be no fucking wars"

Sure, it's not the most eloquent argument against racism but hey, it's a toilet. And considering its company:

It's almost Shakespeare.

The point? Maybe if Warren had left his find in the toilet, where it belonged, others might have exercised their free expression rights and crapped all over it. After all, it was written in secret, in a bathroom, by a coward too afraid to express those views in public. Society's denunciation is the best way to deal with this. When I see a swastika on the street or in a newspaper, unopposed, I'll worry. Until then I'll happily let the closet Nazis vent by scrawling on the wall in a crapper.

2 comments:

Suzanne said...

I am writing to let you know that I've added your blog to Opinions Canada, the political blogs aggregator:

http://www.opinionscanada.net

I hope that's okay. Sorry to spam your blog this way.

The Rat said...

That's fine, it's a public blog so people are more than welcome to read it use it how they wish. Thanks.