I was showing excerpts from "Survival Research Laboratories" which involved mechanical robotic performance art
Lots of fire and explosions but what got me in trouble was their use of animal carcasses
The scene in question was a pair of rotating gears with a rope tied between them
There was a plastic tarp draped over the middle and something was moving underneath as the ropes pulled left and right
The tarp came off and revealed an obiously "already dead" pig carcass tied at the haunches
The gears started to turn in opposite directions pulling the carcass apart and flinging pieces of pig everywhere
A certain person who just happened to have a personal problem with me decided to voice their protest
Well, I wouldn't actually call it voicing, more like writing a note to the DJ to hand to me and running off
The note read "Jeff Dahmer got off on torturing animals!" and ended with "What are you?"
" SICKO!"
I was bewildered for several reasons
For one thing, the verbage made no sense and also, I was really pissed off that this person would take such a swing at me and yet run off with no reprisal
So what did I do?
Well I threw gasoline on the fire of course
The next 5 minutes were spent repeating the offending scene over and over again (sometimes in slow motion)
Later, I was pulled aside by the owner and told "No more animal troture" which was inaccurate because the animal was dead way before it was used in the scene
"You may as well show a ham sandwich being torn apart" I said but the matter was not open to discussion
I also pointed out that no one really had any problems with me showing humans being tortured or a guy poking at his herpes sores with a dental tool but, once again the matter was closed
A few years later, I was approached by this person and we made up (only after me asserting my position and making sure I was vindicated, of course)