Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 1998/01

From: JohnnyWalt <JohnnyWalt@-----.com>
Subj: Vienna Phil.
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:17:31 -0500

There are so many opinions flying about here I have lost track of the facts!
What are the facts? If the VPO is truly a racist, prejudiced and immoral
orchestra, how does this affect us all? What are we to do about it, and will
we have any affect on the situation?
In response to those who say that Americans try to force our
culturalistic ideals on Europe, and we should let the VPO exist as it wants
to: Don't you think that his subject extends beyond the cultural differences
of two continents? Discrimination in any culture, whether accepted or not, is
WRONG. Just because those who support VPO may accept this "long and rich
tradition", does that mean everyone else should accept it too? Apartheid in
South Africa was also a tradition. Should we accept it for that reason also?
If these "facts" about the VPO are true, this "long and rich tradition,"
although supplying some of the greatest music in the world, is an undeniable
moral wrong. I believe that tradition and heritage are not an excuse for
bigotry or discrimination on any continent.

Matt Walter

   
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