Klarinet Archive - Posting 000389.txt from 2004/01

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:24:10 -0500

I wrote:

> decide whether we should reject the writing
> because it was drug-induced and maniacal
> and fundamentally evil

Joe Wakeling wrote:

> Why "fundamentally evil"? I don't see how
> that follows naturally from the other two.
> I would be very shocked if your teacher
> actually described the writing in those terms.

Just for the record, she didn't. Nor do I feel that way myself. I'm a
big fan of both authors.

I wrote:

> Can we argue (my English teacher then
> asked) that Church and State should be
> separated, but moral/ethical intent and
> artistic value should not be separated?

Joe Wakeling wrote:

> I don't see that it's really the same thing.

I agree that it's not the same thing (for reasons that you have pointed
out very clearly). Basically, this was exactly my point. Some of us
judge the moral/ethical aspects of art (vs. those of politics and
organized religion) by different standards. This allows/encourages us
to ignore aspects of art works that we cannot permit ourselves to ignore
in politics or religion.

Everyone deserves the right to 'vote with their feet'. I was just
pointing out the distinction.

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