Comments on: Mozart opera dropped over safety fears http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/09/26/mozart-opera-dropped-over-safety-fears/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Nixon http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/09/26/mozart-opera-dropped-over-safety-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-25192 Andrew Nixon Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:18:04 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=573#comment-25192 There's an article on the Beeb about this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5382554.stm Note that there, politicians come out AGAINST this sort of censorship. There’s an article on the Beeb about this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5382554.stm

Note that there, politicians come out AGAINST this sort of censorship.

]]> By: Steve http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/09/26/mozart-opera-dropped-over-safety-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-25153 Steve Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:57:41 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=573#comment-25153 Incalculable...i.e. did not bother to calculate just thought...Mohammed..Muslim...Islam...unthinking, irrational, reactive, nut-jobs. And so it starts in earnest. THe nutjobs of all religions have won: they just need to 'attack' any criticism laid at their door with threats and people will shut up and their made-up religions will carry on. Incalculable…i.e. did not bother to calculate just thought…Mohammed..Muslim…Islam…unthinking, irrational, reactive, nut-jobs.

And so it starts in earnest. THe nutjobs of all religions have won: they just need to ‘attack’ any criticism laid at their door with threats and people will shut up and their made-up religions will carry on.

]]> By: Andy A http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/09/26/mozart-opera-dropped-over-safety-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-25123 Andy A Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:26:23 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=573#comment-25123 'The decision is a case of self-censorship.' Yes, indeedy. Muslims the world over can rub their hands in glee. No need to protest now - the job's done. The west is censoring itself right, left and centre (and you can read that as positional or political). I think I'll go and cry into my beer, while we're still allowed to have it. ‘The decision is a case of self-censorship.’ Yes, indeedy. Muslims the world over can rub their hands in glee. No need to protest now – the job’s done. The west is censoring itself right, left and centre (and you can read that as positional or political). I think I’ll go and cry into my beer, while we’re still allowed to have it.

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