[HANASHIR:1757] Re: political correct lyrics

[DurlKare <DurlKare...>]

A question for those on each side of the issue of political correctness:  can
we each respect each others' views?  Or do we have to change the others to our
point of view?  Can we each pray and SING in our way, using "traditional"
words or gender neutral words, without imposing it on each other, or must we
again use this as a point of separation within our people?  

Think of this: if we do change prayers and songs to gender sensitive ones, can
we do this just for the newer songs and still leave the older, traditional
prayers and songs in their original state?  Is this compromise a possibility?
If we change the traditions of the past in Jewish liturgy, mustn't we also
change the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Homer, Steinbeck, Leonardo da Vinci
(all male artists/writers on purpose)?  Isn't a little tiny something lost in
the process?

I say, enjoy the works of art/music which celebrate the heroes of the past but
create new works to celebrate the heroines.

-Karen D.