Cultural Suicide

If you read this article in the SF Chronicle about the cancellation of the Mozart opera that featured the severed heads of Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, and Poseidon, you will be hard put to tell whether it was cancelled from fear of enraged Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, devotees of the Greek Gods, or even Jews. The theme of the article is that there is just an inexplicable widespread sensitivity on the part of all religious and ethnic groups that can erupt in violence at any time for any reason. Remarkable. Another symptom of the slow-motion capitulation of Western civilization. This is what the Pope is talking about.