Posted by Fred Parhad (148.244.221.163) on November 28, 2001 at 10:57:48:
You are going to be hearing some new namnes mentioned here with regards to the Hammurabi Monument and the lawsuit against the AANF, Atour Golani, Janey Golani, John Nimrod, Jackie Bejan and a few others. One of the new names will be Martin Manna. He is one of us, a Chaldean in Detroit, another community activist and mover and shaker. He is also president of CARE, that excellent organization in Detroit that Jeff Atto also belongs to. Martin donated to the Hammurabi and was instrumental in getting friends of his to donate as well...actually they all bought maquettes...and he and they can rest assured that their money was well spent...as we go on to complete the monument...wherever it goes.
One of the other problems now is that Martin is Janey Golanis first cousin...so, If I sue Atour and his wife...Martin Manna is in a tight spot.
Atour and Janey have decided to get another artist to make an entirely different Hammurabi...one they can determine the design of, even welding it if need be. You can bet they will lock the poor bastard into a contract that will reduce the guy to their employee. You can see art like that in Communist China...its called Poster Art and its done to specifications and Party Needs.
This should be interesting. First of all the donors who gave to the other Hammurabi project will wonder what went wrong. The sculpture certainly hasnt changed...its whatever you or they or Atour thought it was before...before I started a lawsuit against Atour and the AANF. Its John Nimrod redux all over again. It isnt the quality of the artwork, though now Atour and Janey will tell everyone how bad my sculpture was, well inaccurate is the favorite word...like they know anything more than a bunch of European and Jewish researchers choose to tell them at any one time.
All that has changed, is the same thing...I wouldnt let fellow Assyrians and now Chaldeans too, step on me or trample my rights just because I am an Assyrian...one of them. Because Atour couldnt dominate me and do with my sculpture as he saw fit...I sued him and the AANF for ruining not only my sculpture, but my reputation, especially with these silly little points about historical accuracy and the like...I want WM Warda to show up and testify as to his expertise before a bunch of White people for a change...no more impressing the likes of an Assyrian Volcano or Hillside, or Raman Michaels either.
Lets have duelling Hammurabis...lets have two, why the hell not...and lets compare...lets also see what they go through with another artist. This time though janey should listen to me...I told her that it was illegal to claim a deduction for a donation for which you receive a Gift valued at the same amount as the donation. I told her not to print that in the brochure she made...that we should just present these as sales, which is how the Chaldean community views them anyway. She did it anyway...and any of those people who claimed their donations as tax deductible have violated the law...do it differently this time.