[tsmarsh]

Oh, you must be an alien. My species, humanity, has been displaying the corpses of criminals for the entirity of its existence and continues to create paintings, songs and movies about it. The question is more "Is it art, or is it porn?", followed by " Is porn art?". Find me a catholic church which doesn't have a cast crucifix. That the ants were in the 'mold' feels like an implementation detail. They were scheduled for death. Weather the aluminium was poured before or after the extermination feels like an implementation detail. But do I want one? Fuck, no. It was interesting for science, but once was enough.

[goldenkey]

"Hey, look at those ants on that blue planet. Are you ready to fire the Death Star?" "Armed and ready, planet has gone molten. Awesome, get the contracts ready, I got dibs on the cast of the NYC subway, I heard that those ants really loved those tunnels, man, it's gonna look awesome in my gazeebo."

[jononor]

"They were an invasive species anyway, always scheming to extend beyond their own planet."