Seriously, "fine art" is truly in the eye of the beholder. What brings joy
to some brings pain to many.

An example: Here in Iowa City, a certain percentage (2%?) of all public
building budgets must go to the purchase of "fine art" to be displayed in
front of/inside the facility.

I am arguing from the point of view that the =owner= of a piece of fine
art gets to perform that piece, not that the government gets to charge
us for his privelage. In the case of the P51s, we are discussing
whether or not the owner of the P51 should be able to do stuff with or
to it, and whether or not the desire to do so is "rational". I don't
argue that the P51 is (or isn't) fine art, just that its =usefulness=
(now) relates to the joy it brings, and because of that preserving a P51
is not irrational, neither is flying it.

Jose
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