Political views such as: “murdering Palestinian journalists to cover up war crimes is itself a war crime and wrong” should have no place in the apolitical atmosphere of music. These comments, in fact, have “caused offence and distress” to me and my entire family, and, though we held a ceremony to burn the tickets we purchased in a gas fire, it was not until the concert was cancelled and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra “offer[ed] a sincere apology” that we were fully able to mentally recover (though, of course, the wound still lingers). My wife nearly died (due to the distress, of course) when she heard the news, so I do hope MSO will be paying for her cosmetic surgery.
All in all, it seems common sense that background checks are necessary to make sure the music played by this orchestra is either meaningless drivel or based upon apolitical themes such as flowers or Star Wars, so that we all may enjoy the tunes without divisions being sown between us, pro and anti murder alike!
The Israel Defense Forces has told media outlets the army does not deliberately target journalists but cannot guarantee the safety of journalists in Gaza.
[The email] said Mr Gillham's remarks were made "completely without authority."
Mr Gillham's name has since been removed from the event details on the MSO website.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is not a safe space for citizen journalists.
PS: After thinking a bit I should really say "not a safe space for artists". Because artists are SUPPOSED to let you view the world in different ways. To introduce new art should absolutely be political. It's not droll entertainment or pretty noises removed from the real world. It should be moving and emotional.
Fucking ghouls. I hope they find themselves on the receiving end of a car bomb.
I can understand why AuSStralians would freak out if the pianist condemned the killing of kids, because they’ll reduce it to Hamas propaganda and Palestinians won’t be able to defend themselves rhetorically because no one is amplifying their voice. But he condemned the killing of JOUNRALISTS. You know, the people that work for independent media organizations all over the world and no longer work there on account of being dead, and have coworkers remaining
