Mats Norrman writes:
>It doesen't matter if Hitler of any other nazi wrote 100'000 pages hailing
>Wagner! Some people seems to think that such a fact as nazi admiration is
>reason enough to doom the subject. May I ask you a question?: If some neo
>nazis hailed You in their writings, would you find it ok to thereby get
>associated to them as a supporter?
Just as the human response to music itself is a mixture of the emotional
and logical, so it is with this subject. One cannot expect to successfully
debate or argue gut reactions to this subject of Wagner, his music and its
exploitation(s). However you feel, it must be admitted that this entire
area does not represent humankind in its best light. Perhaps trying to
"paint it over" is worse and less fruitful than leaving it as is.
Norman M. Schwartz
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