Orthodox Christians try to halt play, clash with police
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:18 pm, Wednesday, October 18, 2017
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) Greek riot police have used batons to stop an attempted theater invasion by monks, priests and other Orthodox Christians protesting what they claim is a blasphemous play.
Wielding poles with Greek flags on them, some of the 100-strong crowd tried to break a police cordon Wednesday outside the Aristoteleion Theatre in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
Protesters oppose the staging of "The Hour of the Devil," an adaptation of a story by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa about a discussion between a young woman and a personable devil.
Chanting "Freemasons out of Greece!" they brandished religious banners and icons.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Orthodox-Christians-try-to-halt-play-clash-with-12288206.php
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Igel
(35,356 posts)It's rather like something that's offensive to one group being performed in a venue where attendance is optional, only to have another group find out about it and either burst in or buy tickets in order to protest.
If you don't like what's said about what's important to you, don't go.
But if you make a point of going or you're offended by hearsay, you're being offended by a victimless offense that is purely optional on your part. Choose to be offended, or, about as often, decide that they can't be offended or have their sensibilities roiled in absentia.
Glorfindel
(9,734 posts)They could re-stage the play as the encounter between the Princess Cassandra and the god Apollo and I'm sure that would be quite all right. Freemasonry hadn't been invented in the run-up to the Trojan War.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)'I respect all the differences but if you believe any of it you're a moron. To me, it's just people talking about their imaginary friend at length'
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