[SML] The more things change...

[Randy Porter]

>The problem is not where specific individuals may have moral boundaries.
It is
>where those individuals try, and unfortunately often succeed, in forcing
their
>moral viewpoints onto everyone else.

What you don't understand is that by making a choice, the school is FORCING
its view, as an instrument of the state.  In essence decreeing that their
choice is acceptable, even if it does make some people uncomfortable.

Less of an issue in college, obviously.


>> I suspect an important consideration for a school is that the more you
allow
>> in terms of morality at a public school theater, the more you erode
support
>> for theater and the more it is considered a"School for Scandalization"
>
>I have never been convinced that this is true, one way or the other. For
one
>thing, what would be "scandalous" to one person is probably perfectly
>acceptable to many others.
>
>If a person has moral objections to the subject matter in a play, the
solution
>is simple - do not attend or participate. Just don't try to prohibit others
>from making their own choices.
>
>Bill

Of course it's true, just not visible.  Students (or their parents) will
just opt not to participate.  There are too many good scripts available to
require that the school put on something that will offend some, and limit
participation.

That said, I haven't seen 'Pippin', so it is entirely possible that the
people protesting are just hypersensitive.

Randy

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