Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

Islamizing terrorists (many people would be rightly annoyed if I called them simply "Islamic", with the suggestion that they represent the Umma) may have murdered thousands of people, thrown countries into confusion, terrorized and butchered little children, but one has to say one thing for them: they are a dream come true for TV executives. In the last couple of months, British mainstream TV has broadcast, I think, at least four major prime-time programs featuring terrorist outrages in London, including a game show in which contestants had to show how they would run the country during a catastrophe. Scaremongering, much?

By contrast, the intelligent and lengthy responses I received to my item about an age of thieves demand a properly thought-out and decently-worked reply. I will see what I can do in the next few days.

Today I enclose an essay about Beethoven's Missa Solemnis which I wrote a few years ago.
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