Muslimwoman
Coexistence insha'Allah
I was totally gobsmacked last night. I was watching a re-run of last years US tv program So You Think You Can Dance. I love to watch expressive dance, it can tell a story without using words.
At the start of the program the main judge (an Englishman) gave an official apology because they had received so many complaints about a dance piece the week before which was anti-war and the music danced to used words such as peace and love. Complaints included comments abot it being unpatriotic and wrong to perform such a piece when the country is still at war.
I wonder what sort of world we now live in when we are forced to apologise for being pro-peace?
I thought the judges apology and explanation was wonderful, saying that it is possible to be patriotic and support the troops that are fighting without actually supporting war itself.
Have we really gone so far down into the murky a-moral depths that we can no longer speak against killing and war for fear of retribution? What happene to America being the land of free speech?
I was deeply saddened.![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
At the start of the program the main judge (an Englishman) gave an official apology because they had received so many complaints about a dance piece the week before which was anti-war and the music danced to used words such as peace and love. Complaints included comments abot it being unpatriotic and wrong to perform such a piece when the country is still at war.
I wonder what sort of world we now live in when we are forced to apologise for being pro-peace?
I thought the judges apology and explanation was wonderful, saying that it is possible to be patriotic and support the troops that are fighting without actually supporting war itself.
Have we really gone so far down into the murky a-moral depths that we can no longer speak against killing and war for fear of retribution? What happene to America being the land of free speech?
I was deeply saddened.