And while we're on the subject of "stupid things people do because of religion", Shakes had a good one yesterday about a small-town teacher who tried to introduce opera to her students by showing a video about the opera "Faust," and ran afoul of the local parents. It's hard to excerpt, but here's a bit of it. Go read the rest:
How pathetic is this? A children’s introduction to opera video has provoked parents to go on some sort of obnoxious rampage. And for what reason? Because they didn’t think the video was appropriate for children. Apparently, however, it is appropriate for children to be exposed to their parents calling their teacher a Satan worshipper.
Seriously, I know opera is seen by most as old-fashioned and not really useful in today's world, but the Faust legend is a literature classic, opera or no. Not wanting kids to know about Faust because the Devil is involved is flat-out ignorant.
Comments (2)
"the Faust legend is a literature classic, opera or no..."
Yes.
*boggles*
Posted by Sour Duck | February 4, 2006 11:41 AM
That a majority of Americans *believe* in Satan boggles my mind.
Posted by seamus | February 9, 2006 7:33 AM