Political Correctness That is Just Plain Stupid

Published on December 9, 2005 By Dr Guy In Current Events

The Houston Symphony is doing Handel's Messiah. How many dont know what that is? OK, for those of you who do not, it is a symphony that was created in tribute to Jesus. All the Atheist may now quit reading.

It was created in the 18th century by an Itinerant composer George Friedrich Handel to commemorate the Birth of Jesus (we can debate the date of his birth at a later date). And it is regularly performed around Christmas time. My Wife and I just saw it a week ago.

Well, along comes the Houston Symphony that decides that, no it cant be a Christmas piece of music! It is a Holiday piece of Music!

Both an awe-inspiring holiday tradition and a memorable religious experience, Handel's Messiah returns

this holiday season. Guest conductor Christopher Seaman

leads Houston’s premier performance of Handel’s choral

masterwork, which includes the timeless Hallelujah Chorus.

If they are going to call it a "Holiday" tradition, maybe they should have changed the same to "Handel's Historic Figure". And instead of The Hallelujah Chorus, how about "The Song where everyone stands"?

Geez! PC can be really stupid some times!

Comments (Page 2)

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

can not wait to get out of the public school system, (year and a half 'til graduation), so i don't have to listen to all the p.c. garbage, and seperation of church and state from all of my teachers every year.

The Sad part is you will still be getting it, just not from teachers. Best of luck with your program. Christmas or Holiday or Everyman's day.

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Dec 11, 2005

I guess the Richmond Program will have to be corrected then!

Make sure you tell them....ok Doc?.....

.....

think it's funny how it's mostly those with no belief system at all, who all celebrate christmas

Hey Ruby girl!!! I agree, always thought this to be a bit strange also. My Aunt was an atheist but yet still put up the CHRIST-MAS tree!!!

I wonder if they celebrate April FOOLS Day.!!!

"A fool says in his heart there is no God." Ps 14:1

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

Make sure you tell them....ok Doc?..........

No, I wil tell them that you are responsible! Besides, they seem nice...

kingbee

on Dec 11, 2005

Wrong bacon breath!

you've been carryin that around since 4th or 5th grade, hopin for just the right opportunity to recycle it?

! It was played here in Richmond at St. Michael's CATHOLIC Church

if it had been simultaneously played in rome at st peter's basilica with st michael in attendance, it still wouldn't revise the history of the liturgy.

This was not about any banning, just PC gone stupid!

as i said, it didn't seem to be about anything, just stupid overreacting.

It is a CHRISTMAS piece! Made and certified for that very reason. Now you want to argue with that?

as you've already been informed, it's not and wasn't.

kingbee

on Dec 11, 2005

i'd like to think you didn't delete lw's other comment.

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

you've been carryin that around since 4th or 5th grade, hopin for just the right opportunity to recycle it?

You found me out! At least you know it was in the spirit!

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

as you've already been informed, it's not and wasn't.

It is and it was!

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

i'd like to think you didn't delete lw's other comment.

Why? It offered nothing, and was just antagonistic. She can do that anywhere. As I have already accounted for my mistake, I dont see the point. That is all it was. Just a barb of the day.

Dr Guy

on Dec 11, 2005

Make sure you tell them....ok Doc?..........

I have already sent them an email! Actually, they just mispoke I think. He produced the first while in Ireland, even tho he wrote it in England. They just did not elaborate (based upon your site) the difference.

Keep me honest!

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Dec 11, 2005

Keep me honest!

That's what I'm here for.......good job!!

stevendedalus

on Dec 11, 2005

Well, along comes the Houston Symphony that decides that, no it cant be a Christmas piece of music! It is a Holiday piece of Music! It is silly to engage in semantics over sacred terms. Actually "holiday" [holy day is more sanctified than "Christmas," which connotes commercialiam. Nonetheless, the dye has been cast and nonsense to continue dickering and bickering over tradition.

stevendedalus

on Dec 11, 2005

btw, the pointless incursion of holiday tree as opposed to Christmas tree is not going to stop people from going out to buy a Christmas tree.

bakerstreet

on Dec 12, 2005

The key is not telling anyone else what to call their shiznitz. We don't like it when someone tells us what to call our tree, or what words to use in our songs. I'm not sure why we should be telling anyone else what to do...

kingbee

on Dec 12, 2005

The key is not telling anyone else what to call their shiznitz.

you really gotta write some hip hop stuff. you could change its entire direction.

. I'm not sure why we should be telling anyone else what to do...

and yet each of us has his or her own agenda when it comes to that kinda stuff.

Dr Guy

on Dec 12, 2005

btw, the pointless incursion of holiday tree as opposed to Christmas tree is not going to stop people from going out to buy a Christmas tree.

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