[lbo-talk] Re: dalai lama

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Sep 25 07:59:23 PDT 2003


On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Jon Johanning wrote:


> Hitler and other Nazis loved Wagner -- therefore, Wagner's music is no
> good, and performances of it should be prohibited. In fact, all his
> scores should probably be burned. Etc.

Although to be fair, unlike Nietzsche, Wagner really was repulsively anti-semitic, and it was deeply connected to his choice of theme.

And yet the Ring Cycle is still a piece of genius.

Michael



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