It's not just in the art community, it's everywhere.

Schools are banning classic literature from their libraries because some fanatical parents have suddenly decided that the books are "immoral" and promote "racism" etc.

Schools no longer have "Christmas Concerts", everything is "Holiday" this and "Holiday" that. They're even changing words to Christmas Carols to replace "Christmas" with "Holiday". And songs or anything to do with "Santa" is banned from many schools because he's associated with "Christmas", and "Christmas" is a bad word in schools these days.

It's to a point that it's become offensive for Christians to celebrate their major religious Holiday out in the open for fear of offending "non Christians".

Halloween is something else on the "banned" hit list. Some parents are saying that it's "Devil Worship", and many schools are now banning Halloween celebrations.

Ironically enough these same parents let their kids play ultra violent video games that are shoot/kill and/or have occult ties in them IE: Deamons, magic, necromancers etc.

Then there is "The Lord's Prayer" issue. So far as I know the only schools where I live that still have that are the private religious schools. A funny thing that while Christians can't resite "The Lord's Prayer" in public schools, students of other religions are allowed to carry/wear items pretaining to their religion in full view including a "knife" (sorry, I forgot the official name).

A couple of years ago some parents started to protest Rememberance Day events in schools. So far as I know the school districts have stood fast on that issue and continue to honour our fallen soldiers, as they should.

Instead of learning and promoting tolerance and understanding about each others' differences, fanatics are promoting censorship and then complain about racism and intolerance because they've taken away choices of our children and they don't get a chance to learn about one another in order to understand.

If I had my way I'd abolish the word "Censorship" and hand out ear plugs and blind folds at the door and tell people "You don't want to look or listen, wear these".

gets off soap box

Message edited on: 03/31/2006 07:50

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This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
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