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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Stripping is art, Norway decides
BBC NEWS: "A Norwegian appeals court has ruled that striptease is an art form and should therefore be exempt from value-added tax (VAT)."
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
The notion that art, like tatse, is subjective, is absolutely appropriate here. Stripping, while not wholely publicly accepted, is without a doubt, a performance that requires gumption, if not talent. Though some talent may be required to realize sucess - wink wink.
While I am not of the belief that performace artists should be exempt from taxation, if the law exists, than in this case, I believe the judges decision an appropriate one.
I'm in agreeance. Theater was once (and sometimes, still is) the taboo performance art. Stripping, while widely accepted by the male population, will probably never be acceptable to the many wives that watch their husbands leave every day and wonder what they'll do on their lunch break. Nonetheless, it is a type of art that derives pleasure from people that watch it. In the case of taxation, the judges ruling was fair and necessary. I'm sure the state, however, let out a big "harumph" when he told them to pay the court costs.
2 comments:
The notion that art, like tatse, is subjective, is absolutely appropriate here. Stripping, while not wholely publicly accepted, is without a doubt, a performance that requires gumption, if not talent. Though some talent may be required to realize sucess - wink wink.
While I am not of the belief that performace artists should be exempt from taxation, if the law exists, than in this case, I believe the judges decision an appropriate one.
--jeremy tick
I'm in agreeance. Theater was once (and sometimes, still is) the taboo performance art. Stripping, while widely accepted by the male population, will probably never be acceptable to the many wives that watch their husbands leave every day and wonder what they'll do on their lunch break. Nonetheless, it is a type of art that derives pleasure from people that watch it. In the case of taxation, the judges ruling was fair and necessary. I'm sure the state, however, let out a big "harumph" when he told them to pay the court costs.
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