From: "barrett john erickson" <barrett-AT-mirage.skypoint.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 15:58:33 -0700
Subject: B&H's "services"


hi all,

i think the point that needs to be made, relative to the 
recent exchange between michael's b&v is this:

by refusing to continue providing michael b (hired) access to 
their services, B&H has taken a position which makes it 
more difficult, perhaps even more precarious for artists 
and others to pursue their creative explorations.  

in this country, as william has pointed out, more than one
artist, has been prosecuted for the "offensive" content of
their work, their equipment (computers, cameras, etc.) 
confiscated and their liberty taken away or jeopardized due 
to the allegations of moralists.

yes, we should defend the right to decline work, and 
the specific repercussions of such decisions may be of minor 
consequence to others (especially when compared to what 
Carlos has gone thru).  minor even to michael b, if these services 
can be easily found elsewhere.  but such decision 
nevertheless clearly defines B&H as a defender of popular 
morality against creative challenge.  

Defines them, therefore, as an enemy of surrealists everywhere.


~~barrett