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POLL OF THE DAY: NO PLACE FOR A MONGREL?

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29 Apr 2014 17 Respondents
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POLL OF THE DAY: NO PLACE FOR A MONGREL?
MONGREL MOB EXHIBITION. PORTRAITURE OR EXPOSE?

Rotman photo portraits of 8 Mongrel Mob members are presently being exhibited at a Auckland art gallery. He said that these man are part of the story of NZ.
This exhibition has been meet with mixed reactions.
Sensible sentencing trust member Ruth Money has spoken out against the exhibition.
A father of a young man who was murdered by one of the man photographed is upset.
Those questioning the exhibition see it as glorifying gang members.
Read more here.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11246308
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11244437
Watch a short clip from last nights news.
tvnz.co.nz/national-news/mongrel-mob-faces-used-art-5944053

Do you see this exhibition as appropriate or do you think the exhibition glamorises gang life and trivialises the harm done by gang members?
It is proposed that it is appropriate to exhibit these photos