Opera cancelled due to security fears

[ezrider]

Why does the opera after existing for a couple of hundred years, now have to be dropped!!!
I think it fear on behalf of the Opera director. Will every work ever written or composed have to be scoured for references to Mohammed?? and if a reference is found, who says whether it can be shown or not? The imams?

There are loads of muslims in Berlin (I'm surrounded by them) and I never saw them go mad over anything. There have been honour killings here, Muslim kids with knives in one School but nothing more.
During the Paris riots, A few youths tried to emmulate their gallic cousins, but they had no support.

Nothing would have happened if that Opera was shown. Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing.

EDIT: I hope the Muslim community, however moderate doen't start warming up to the fact that they can control what people can show just by complaining that it offends their sensibilities and Religion.

[yesdachi]

I think it is BS to give in to the expected reaction of the extremists but if they are really that scared then why not just replace Mo’s head and name with Ronald McDonald, Mickey Mouse or even W’s. “Creative License” is used all the time, why not now?

[Dâriûsh]

Why does the opera after existing for a couple of hundred years, now have to be dropped!!!
I think it fear on behalf of the Opera director. Will every work ever written or composed have to be scoured for references to Mohammed?? and if a reference is found, who says whether it can be shown or not? The imams?

Nothing would have happened if that Opera was shown. Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing.

EDIT: I hope the Muslim community, however moderate doen't start warming up to the fact that they can control what people can show just by complaining that it offends their sensibilities and Religion.

I think it is political correctness to the point of lunacy. Unfortunately, the image most vividly remembered from the infamous cartoon incident, is that of an angry flag-burning mob. So I guess that the illusion that one can actually appease far away fascist fundamentalists counts as political correctness these days. It's a shame.


Oh man, I hope Al-Qaeda won't read this post.