OK, as I am writing this right now, I notices that president Bill Clinton is busy right now convening an emergency summit about teen violence in America. As I am reading this and looking back at recent events in retrospect, I am 1/4 laughing, 1/4 cringing in heartache, I am 1/4 in disbelieif, and 1/4 frightened. We need to examine what was going on in this conference, and recent conferences about teen violence. In a nutshell these summits, conferences, meetings or whatever you wanna call em, they are nothing more then outraged lawmakers critizing controversial figures in music, television, video games, and so on. It is nothing more then scapgoating. Lets take notice the band of KMFDM right now. Yes the KMFDM who had their lyrics posted on one of these Littleton killers webpages. This individual cut and pasted KMFDM's lyrics from the songs Son of a Gun, Megalomaniac, Stray Bullet, and Waste. While these names if these songs might seem a little menacing at first, they are nothing more then a social satire that most people who refuse to recognize. From the begining KMFDM has never been about violence. KMFDM is anti-opression, anti-violence, pro-free speach, pro-expression, pro-peace. KMFDM has struggled for years in reletive obscurity while making awesome music with a social message. That our society needs a change in a better direction. How ironic it is that KMFDM is now being skewerd by the media for promoting ideals opposite of their actual belifes. KMFDM has for long critized the media for scapgoating people and instutions, and now they have fallen victim to the medias wrath. This band has worked for years again trying to promote peace. They have gone to eastern Europe and assisted people in need financially. KMFDM is exactly opposite of what these killers thought they stood for. The irony in this situation is sickening. There is a Lyric in a song by KMFDM called "Light" that goes
In a world of deceit open up your eyes
Aparently in Washington, the city of deceit, people refuse to open up their eyes. They refuse to put accountability upon these Littleton killers. So Washington, the media, citizens, or whatever.....people are scapgoating the wrong aspects of the problem here. The problem is not music or video games, the problem lands squarley on the shoulders of the killers and their parents. Where are the parents in this matter. These kids had a friggen Semi-automatic weapon and pipe-bombs in their houses. These kids were sick and twisted individuals. In addition these parents were totally neglegent in their supervision of their kids. Not noticing a semi-automatic in their possession. Seriously stop scapgoating KMFDM, Quake, and Marylin Manson. The problem is with the killers themselves and their parents. To all the pundits and lawmakers, put the balme where it should be. I will leave you all to a parting shot by KMFDM- "KMFDM is not a political party. It is an artform"
This is musical expression. When free expression is lost, our nation and our freedom is lost.
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OK, as I am writing this right now, I notices that president Bill Clinton is busy right now convening an emergency summit about teen violence in America. As I am reading this and looking back at recent events in retrospect, I am 1/4 laughing, 1/4 cringing in heartache, I am 1/4 in disbelieif, and 1/4 frightened. We need to examine what was going on in this conference, and recent conferences about teen violence. In a nutshell these summits, conferences, meetings or whatever you wanna call em, they are nothing more then outraged lawmakers critizing controversial figures in music, television, video games, and so on. It is nothing more then scapgoating. Lets take notice the band of KMFDM right now. Yes the KMFDM who had their lyrics posted on one of these Littleton killers webpages. This individual cut and pasted KMFDM's lyrics from the songs Son of a Gun, Megalomaniac, Stray Bullet, and Waste. While these names if these songs might seem a little menacing at first, they are nothing more then a social satire that most people who refuse to recognize. From the begining KMFDM has never been about violence. KMFDM is anti-opression, anti-violence, pro-free speach, pro-expression, pro-peace. KMFDM has struggled for years in reletive obscurity while making awesome music with a social message. That our society needs a change in a better direction. How ironic it is that KMFDM is now being skewerd by the media for promoting ideals opposite of their actual belifes. KMFDM has for long critized the media for scapgoating people and instutions, and now they have fallen victim to the medias wrath. This band has worked for years again trying to promote peace. They have gone to eastern Europe and assisted people in need financially. KMFDM is exactly opposite of what these killers thought they stood for. The irony in this situation is sickening. There is a Lyric in a song by KMFDM called "Light" that goes
In a world of deceit open up your eyes
Aparently in Washington, the city of deceit, people refuse to open up their eyes. They refuse to put accountability upon these Littleton killers. So Washington, the media, citizens, or whatever.....people are scapgoating the wrong aspects of the problem here. The problem is not music or video games, the problem lands squarley on the shoulders of the killers and their parents. Where are the parents in this matter. These kids had a friggen Semi-automatic weapon and pipe-bombs in their houses. These kids were sick and twisted individuals. In addition these parents were totally neglegent in their supervision of their kids. Not noticing a semi-automatic in their possession. Seriously stop scapgoating KMFDM, Quake, and Marylin Manson. The problem is with the killers themselves and their parents. To all the pundits and lawmakers, put the balme where it should be. I will leave you all to a parting shot by KMFDM-
"KMFDM is not a political party. It is an artform"
This is musical expression. When free expression is lost, our nation and our freedom is lost.
E-Mail me at desmond@zerg.com
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