> shucks ... the ONE place i go to avoid stuff like this!!!

Yes, I admit, I was too lazy to redirect it to the "off topic" section 
and I am it now. But politics are everywhere and have to be addressed 
everywhere. That is one of the basic rules of democracy. At the first 
sight POV is only a ray-tracer and politics doesn't seem to bother it. 
But: we create art-work with it. And we discuss this art-work here. 
Art-Work is political in most cases. As we have deniers of the 
corona-virus (especially the Nazis storming the German Bundestag at the 
08/29/2020) a picture of this virus is political.

You may mask this view since it is inconvenient to you. But be aware, 
the virus is no fake as first pronounced by a certain Mr. Trump.

Best regards
Michael

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On 8/31/20 2:01 PM, MichaelJF wrote:
>> shucks ... the ONE place i go to avoid stuff like this!!!
> 
> Yes, I admit, I was too lazy to redirect it to the "off topic" section 
> and I am it now. But politics are everywhere and have to be addressed 
> everywhere. That is one of the basic rules of democracy. At the first 
> sight POV is only a ray-tracer and politics doesn't seem to bother it. 
> But: we create art-work with it. And we discuss this art-work here. 
> Art-Work is political in most cases. As we have deniers of the 
> corona-virus (especially the Nazis storming the German Bundestag at the 
> 08/29/2020) a picture of this virus is political.
> 
> You may mask this view since it is inconvenient to you. But be aware, 
> the virus is no fake as first pronounced by a certain Mr. Trump.

just so you know ... i wasn't trying to provoke a response or 
challenging if you believe or don't. i come here to escape and now 
that's been tainted

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MichaelJF <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> A very deadly fellow, one should not trivialise it. I like the first
> image most. It looks most dangerous. I survived this beast with greatest
> luck (and an emergency surgery).

Glad to hear that you survived this scourge. So far, I've been lucky here in
Virginia in the U.S.-- by always wearing a mask around other people, and
'locking down' for months (at my age, it's just too dangerous to ignore the
warnings... or to listen to any of the politicized misinformation swirling
around.) Common sense will prevail, hopefully!

My general outlook is to see the humor in crazy situations-- so here's my
contribution :-) (but certainly not meant to trivialize it). No POV-Ray, just
some fun with Photoshop, combined with my astounding artistic skills(???). With
apologies to Toho Studios...

The Final Showdown!

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Op 02/09/2020 om 19:52 schreef Kenneth:
> MichaelJF <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
>> A very deadly fellow, one should not trivialise it. I like the first
>> image most. It looks most dangerous. I survived this beast with greatest
>> luck (and an emergency surgery).
> 
> Glad to hear that you survived this scourge. So far, I've been lucky here in
> Virginia in the U.S.-- by always wearing a mask around other people, and
> 'locking down' for months (at my age, it's just too dangerous to ignore the
> warnings... or to listen to any of the politicized misinformation swirling
> around.) Common sense will prevail, hopefully!
> 
> My general outlook is to see the humor in crazy situations-- so here's my
> contribution :-) (but certainly not meant to trivialize it). No POV-Ray, just
> some fun with Photoshop, combined with my astounding artistic skills(???). With
> apologies to Toho Studios...
> 
> The Final Showdown!
> 

LOL!

I fully agree with you. Also, Michael, I am glad you survived this. I 
hope you do not suffer from too many after-effects; those do not seem 
trivial either. In NL we have been "relatively" lucky so far. The first 
wave mainly hit the southern half of the country (I live in the northern 
half) but the second wave seems to be more evenly spread with hot spots 
in the major towns. As long as (most) people follow as well as possible 
the official directives, it should be "manageable", but...

I have not yet felt the creative drive to come up with my own covid19 
POV-Ray scene ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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