The sheriff's department and zoning officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana, have ordered the owner of a local business to move about 10 statues.The sheriff's department and zoning officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana Bartholomew County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1900. As of 2000, the population was 71,435. The county seat is Columbus. , have ordered the owner of a local business to move about 10 statues--copies of such classic works as the Venus de Milo Venus de Milo armless statue of pulchritudinous goddess. [Gk. Art: Brewer Dictionary, 1126] See : Beauty, Feminine Venus de Milo classic sculpture, discovered in 1820 with arms missing. [Gk. and Michelangelo's David--out of public view. Apparently they're obscene Offensive to recognized standards of decency. The term obscene is applied to written, verbal, or visual works or conduct that treat sex in an objectionable or lewd or lascivious manner. . |
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