Re: Sharon vs. Barenboim

From: Theresa Muir (theresamuir@juno.com)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 17:58:35 PST

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    On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:28:14 -0000 "Martin Anderson"
    <martin.anderson@firenet.uk.com> writes:
    I agree with Michael but not for entirely the same reasons. Hope, I’m
    afraid I see your interdiction as symptomatic of the extent to which
    political correctness has paralysed American academia. You are basically
    saying: “Let’s not discuss this topic IN CASE anyone says something
    contentious”. For once music intersects with real life – at the hard end,
    too -- and we’re not allowed to talk about it? It strikes me that your
    students might actively expect you to have some views on the subject, and
    if they don’t, you ought to be asking the questions that start them
    thinking. Sweep issues like this under the carpet and you are in
    dereliction of duty.
     
    Cheers
    Martin

    Martin,

    I wouldn't have thought that you would assume that everyone who posts to
    this list (or AMS-L) is an academic, or has students.
    Just popping up to grind *my* ax.

    Theresa

     
    Theresa Muir

    Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo: facta est quasi vidua domina
    gentium

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