<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>And where was "Senor" Botero during Stalingrad,Guernica,etc......</DIV> <DIV>What kind of comment is this? Do you Senor Dawson expect him to be everywhere, every time genocide is committed?</DIV> <DIV>I am usually, for reasons of time, just a lurker, but I have been observing with curiosity and indignation how Michael Dawson systematically attacks everyone in the left from Churchill, other members of the list and now Fernando Botero,so I couldn't resist this time. I don't remember him pursuing right wingers with the same zest. Amazing!</DIV> <DIV>Fernando Botero is just trying to be a good artist: someone who comments on the big events of our times, who offers visions and new perspectives on them with a good command of visual technique. Why aren't American artists pursuing the themes of empire is a good question?</DIV> <DIV>Cristobal Senior</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>