Johnboy3434 said:

ChainsawAsh said:

But if it wasn't made that way, it wouldn't be there at all, now would it?

So a piece of art is worthless if it isn't kept exactly the way it was made to begin with? Rubbish. Everything can be improved. We can only fight about what qualifies as "improvement". I think grain removal is an improvement. You do not. Such is the nature of aesthetics.

But not respect for what the art actually is, nor the way it was made, nor the way the artists, regardless of intention, actually made it. And thats the point. Your opionion on what looks better means fuck all because thats not what the argument is even about, its about respecting the historical truth of the way the work was made.