Art is in the eye of the beholder.

Have you seen the new art in Tikrit, Iraq? (There's a photo of it in my reference link). It was made by sculptor Laith al-Amiri in honor of imprisoned Muntadhir al-Zaidi, the nutcase who threw a shoe at President Bush. It is at the Tikrit orphanage, and the orphans helped al-Amiri build the $5,000 structure. "Those orphans who helped the sculptor in building this monument were the victims of Bush's war," the orphanage director said. "The shoe monument is a gift to the next generation to remember the heroic action by the journalist [al-Zaidi]."

First of all, if they are so concerned about the orphans of "Bush's war," perhaps they should have spent that $5000 on something for them. They can't wear that shoe, and they certainly can't eat it. Second of all, if al-Zaidi had thrown that shoe at Saddam, he wouldn't be in prison. He'd be in a mass grave somewhere. I guess he thinks he and all those orphans were much better off in Saddam's Iraq. At any rate, it looks like indoctrination of innocent children is still going on there.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html#cnnSTCText