The Burning Question 20/08/2008

This week's Burning Question:


SLIPKNOT HAVE BEEN BLAMED FOR INSPIRING THE MURDER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT BY A FELLOW PUPIL IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHY IS ROCK MUSIC CONTINUALLY MADE INTO A SCAPEGOAT BY THE MEDIA?

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Posted by Katie at 03:26PM | August 20, 2008
Slipknot

Because people fear what they don't understand
Posted by Tom | August 20, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply to this
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because the media are bloodsucking, greedy, arrogant cunts, who find it easy to blame something they dont understand...
i dont particularly like slipknot, but blaming them for some lunatic's actions is stupid and immature.

you would expect a more mature approach from the media, but no, it seems like its run by primary school kids, in a playground, "he did this, she did that" sort of thing.... fucking stupid

its the same as the Hannah Bond case to be honest... another death, blamed on innocent people... the only guilty person is the muderer, nobody else
Posted by Annie | August 20, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

because the media are bloodsucking, greedy, arrogant cunts, who find it easy to blame something they dont understand...
i dont particularly like slipknot, but blaming them for some lunatic's actions is stupid and immature.

you would expect a more mature approach from the media, but no, it seems like its run by primary school kids, in a playground, "he did this, she did that" sort of thing.... fucking stupid

its the same as the Hannah Bond case to be honest... another death, blamed on innocent people... the only guilty person is the muderer, nobody else
Posted by Annie | August 20, 2008 4:35 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

because the media are bloodsucking, greedy, arrogant cunts, who find it easy to blame something they dont understand...
i dont particularly like slipknot, but blaming them for some lunatic's actions is stupid and immature.

you would expect a more mature approach from the media, but no, it seems like its run by primary school kids, in a playground, "he did this, she did that" sort of thing.... fucking stupid

its the same as the Hannah Bond case to be honest... another death, blamed on innocent people... the only guilty person is the muderer, nobody else
Posted by Annie | August 20, 2008 4:36 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

because the media are bloodsucking, greedy, arrogant cunts, who find it easy to blame something they dont understand...
i dont particularly like slipknot, but blaming them for some lunatic's actions is stupid and immature.

you would expect a more mature approach from the media, but no, it seems like its run by primary school kids, in a playground, "he did this, she did that" sort of thing.... fucking stupid

its the same as the Hannah Bond case to be honest... another death, blamed on innocent people... the only guilty person is the muderer, nobody else
Posted by Annie | August 20, 2008 4:37 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

rock music is blamed for violent acts for the same reason movies are blamed,because normal tea drinking curtain twitchers dont get the fact that there are just plain and simple bad/horrible people out there,they feel that the world is a better place if everything can be explained and given a reason.....some acts are beyond reason as some people are broken and for want of a better word evil!
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Posted by wes thomas | August 20, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply to this
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rock music is blamed for violent acts for the same reason movies are blamed,because normal tea drinking curtain twitchers dont get the fact that there are just plain and simple bad/horrible people out there,they feel that the world is a better place if everything can be explained and given a reason.....some acts are beyond reason as some people are broken and for want of a better word evil!
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Posted by wes thomas | August 20, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

Bloody hell! Leave Slipknot alone! The last thing our favourite masked madmen need is THIS!!!! The media people are taking the piss. First MCR, now SK...
Posted by Stacey | August 25, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply to this
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woOp!

Gues what with the kid who got killed didn't chat shit he would still be alive!

I'm listening to a cool song tripping on my bong!

I'm back in the saddle with a girl by my side : word : Life!

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Posted by Dylan | August 20, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply to this
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sorry for extra posts :S
Posted by Annie | August 20, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply to this
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I think it's stupid. Blaming a murder on a genre of music is exactly like blaming a murder on a goldfish - impossile and completely stupid!
Posted by Emma | August 20, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply to this
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I think it's stupid. Blaming a murder on a genre of music is exactly like blaming a murder on a goldfish - impossible and completely stupid!
Posted by Emma | August 20, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply to this
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I think it's stupid. Blaming a murder on a genre of music is exactly like blaming a murder on a goldfish - impossible and completely stupid!
Posted by Emma | August 20, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply to this
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You never the episode of South Park where Stan had a killer goldfish then.
Are you Barbara Streisand in disguise?
Posted by Gorgar | August 22, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply to this
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Wow

I think they are targetting rock music because rock is what gets people going, brings them to their rebellious sides.

But I read the article on this and well, this kid was kindaa "out there" especially with his whole satan thing.

Kinda creepy
Posted by Andrea | August 20, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply to this
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This load of rubbish!

This is totally ridiculous. Yet again, rock music with emotion and aggression is being blamed for a murder. It's rubbish! Did the dude even listen to Slipknot? I mean, even if he did, how did their music inspire a murder? I don't really like Slipknot, but it's like that ridiculous shit with MCR a few months back and Hannah Bond's suicide. Bands need to be stopped being blamed for deaths. The media are just finding the easiest answer to deaths by blaming the biggest target - rock. Maybe if they spent more time re considering what they thought, maybe they'd find the REAL reason why this guy killed people! C'mon, stop blaming rock! Dicks
Posted by Abby Chew | August 20, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply to this
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well

at the end of the day its all down to stereotyping
i think theyre just looking for someone to blame
so they choose the ones who are different
its absoultely ridiculous.
Posted by daniel james | August 20, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply to this
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This load of rubbish!

This is totally ridiculous. Yet again, rock music with emotion and aggression is being blamed for a murder. It's rubbish! Did the dude even listen to Slipknot? I mean, even if he did, how did their music inspire a murder? I don't really like Slipknot, but it's like that ridiculous shit with MCR a few months back and Hannah Bond's suicide. Bands need to be stopped being blamed for deaths. The media are just finding the easiest answer to deaths by blaming the biggest target - rock. Maybe if they spent more time re considering what they thought, maybe they'd find the REAL reason why this guy killed people! C'mon, stop blaming rock! Dicks
Posted by Abby Chew | August 20, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this
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This load of rubbish!

This is totally ridiculous. Yet again, rock music with emotion and aggression is being blamed for a murder. It's rubbish! Did the dude even listen to Slipknot? I mean, even if he did, how did their music inspire a murder? I don't really like Slipknot, but it's like that ridiculous shit with MCR a few months back and Hannah Bond's suicide. Bands need to be stopped being blamed for deaths. The media are just finding the easiest answer to deaths by blaming the biggest target - rock. Maybe if they spent more time re considering what they thought, maybe they'd find the REAL reason why this guy killed people! C'mon, stop blaming rock! Dicks
Posted by Abby Chew | August 20, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this
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Why is rock music blamed?

Rock music is blamed merely because it is easier to blame and doesn't offend people if it is blamed. They don't blame parents because it'd upset people and would upset the "stabitlity of society"
Posted by Jack Shaw | August 20, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this
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Media = Sh*t

I don't even know how the media can justify blaming something like this on music! If a person chooses to kill, it's their choice and their mistake. I'd like someone to point out to me where abouts in any of Slipknots' lyrics it recommends a 16 year old to kill another student... no-where.. oh exaclty! Sort it out people.

Posted by Clare Branker | August 20, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this
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because the media and government have nothing else to blame.
the person themself cant be totally blamed so they look for the next best thing. which most of the time is music. its so stupid. if the media did there research then theyd know this and stop printing crap.
okay, i feel better now :]
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because the media and government have nothing else to blame.
the person themself cant be totally blamed so they look for the next best thing. which most of the time is music. its so stupid. if the media did there research then theyd know this and stop printing crap.
okay, i feel better now :]
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because the media and government have nothing else to blame.
the person themself cant be totally blamed so they look for the next best thing. which most of the time is music. its so stupid. if the media did there research then theyd know this and stop printing crap.
okay, i feel better now :]
Posted by Jaz | August 20, 2008 3:52 PM | Reply to this
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wtf!

Thats Fucking Crazy!

The Kids That Murderd The Poor May Have Listened To Slipknot!

But They Media Or Whatever Have No Right To Blame Slipknot....

For Anything To Be Honest!

Fucking Bullshit!
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because the media and government have nothing else to blame.
the person themself cant be totally blamed so they look for the next best thing. which most of the time is music. its so stupid. if the media did there research then theyd know this and stop printing crap.
okay, i feel better now :]
Posted by Jaz | August 20, 2008 3:53 PM | Reply to this
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This is a stupid way to take it out on music that doesn't satisfy the medias ears, but then what about Rap and all that where they talk about pretty much the same things, just with music more explicitly? You can't be blamed for your music, its a way you express yourself, obviously some people in the world take things a bit too far and personal. Everyone had their own actions, its not the bands fault for doing what they do!
Posted by Will Pearce | August 20, 2008 3:54 PM | Reply to this
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The media always seem to have a need to blame someone/something and in a case such as this, music just seems to be the easiest thing existing to place the blame on. Its ridiculous.
Posted by Emily | August 20, 2008 3:54 PM | Reply to this
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slipknot got blamed....

its a load of crap
slipknot have nothing to do with this bloody murder ...
they got blamed because there music is heavy.
it was the killers choice to kill not slipknot making him.
Slipknot should be excused
end of discussion...

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Posted by Chris Roughley | August 20, 2008 3:54 PM | Reply to this
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because its easier to blame rock music

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¬.¬

It's just like blaming a band for that girl's suicide.
It's ridiculous.
Just because someone listens to the music, doesn't mean at all that it's TELLING them to go kill themself, or kill someone else.
It's really quite insulting that rock music is constantly bagered by the press.
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Bullshit

Thats Fucking Crazy!

The Kids That Murderd The Poor May Have Listened To Slipknot!

But The Media Or Whatever Have No Right To Blame Slipknot....

For Anything To Be Honest!

Fucking Bullshit!

The Media Think That Rock Is " Devil Music"
And Its A Easy Way To Blame Someone!

I Recon The Media Did It To Be Quite Honest With You!

Fucking Assholes!
Posted by Lori! | August 20, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply to this
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because the people who say these things always wanted to play drums but didnt have the hand eye co-ordination for it.
Posted by Hannah | August 20, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply to this
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Rock always gets blamed because there would be outrage (such as I feel now) should the media DARE go after the mainstream
Posted by Rhys | August 20, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply to this
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Slipknot

Sadly, in todays world it appears that freedom to be who we want to be isn't allowed. The media have given the impression that people who listen to rock music are all bad people, who just want to hurt due to the lyrics some songs contain, and the appearence of some stars.
However ask any member of the rock community and they will tell you- they do not agree with any form of violence.
And really, the guy who commited these attacks needs help, if he was high on drugs at the time.
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Rock always gets blamed because there would be outrage (such as I feel now) should the media DARE go after the mainstream
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rock music

rock music is blamed because the media have no one else to blame.
and possibly because they want a story, so they will write anything if it brings them money.
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lsipkn

deja vu anyone. this sort of thing is always gonna happen cos no one wants to take any sort of resposibility for anything. "what was this kid like.. he listened to slipknot and so its their fault". thats pure bullshit. with the way things are i dont think there will ever be a time music won't be blamed for anything. they need someone or something to be held responsible and the stereotype of rock music just becomes an easy target. x
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Rock always gets blamed because there would be outrage (such as I feel now) should the media DARE go after the mainstream
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Rock always gets blamed because there would be outrage (such as I feel now) should the media DARE go after the mainstream
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Well this is fucking stupid.
they feel then need to blame the unfortunate.
they cant blame anyone else lets blame the rock culture.
dude they need to get over themselves
they dont moan about the rappers singing about guns & drugs and shit
but they moan about rock music ?
The Media and goverment need to sit back and think about whats really going on in the world
xo
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Well this is fucking stupid.
they feel then need to blame the unfortunate.
they cant blame anyone else lets blame the rock culture.
dude they need to get over themselves
they dont moan about the rappers singing about guns & drugs and shit
but they moan about rock music ?
The Media and goverment need to sit back and think about whats really going on in the world
xo
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Well this is fucking stupid.
they feel then need to blame the unfortunate.
they cant blame anyone else lets blame the rock culture.
dude they need to get over themselves
they dont moan about the rappers singing about guns & drugs and shit
but they moan about rock music ?
The Media and goverment need to sit back and think about whats really going on in the world
xo
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Rock always gets blamed because there would be outrage (such as I feel now) should the media DARE go after the mainstream
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because the people who say these things always wanted to play drums but didnt have the hand eye co-ordination for it.
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The media just looking to popular culture because they're easy to blame. This time it's Slipknot. Last time it was My Chemical Rmance. In the 80's it would have been Black Sabbath.

There's always a band or a TV show or a movie that the blame can be passed onto rather than a logical explanation. I swear to God, one day, we're going to be living in a world of grey, in case colours excite us too much.

This is nothing to do with Slipknot. They're a scapegoat for a society that can't face accepting the blame for anything that goes wrong.
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lsipkn

deja vu anyone. this sort of thing is always gonna happen cos no one wants to take any sort of resposibility for anything. "what was this kid like.. he listened to slipknot and so its their fault". thats pure bullshit. with the way things are i dont think there will ever be a time music won't be blamed for anything. they need someone or something to be held responsible and the stereotype of rock music just becomes an easy target. x
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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:O

simple... everyone in the media is a chav
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:O

That's the stupidest thing I've ever read.
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because the people who say these things always wanted to play drums but didnt have the hand eye co-ordination for it.
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Burnin Q

because the people who say these things always wanted to play drums but didnt have the hand eye co-ordination for it.
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:O

simple... everyone in the media is a chav
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WTH?

That's total bullshit.
I'm going into the media industry and I am certainly not a chav. >:[
You're just a twat.

The point is that most of them don't understand rock music. If media kicked all the oldies out of the industry it would be alright.
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whenever a kid who happens to like rock music does something like this, the music they listen to gets blamed, it's ridiculous! The media thinks anyone who likes music like this is a suicidal maniac and they're basically just trying to pass the blame onto something they know shit all about!
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WTF

Its because the media wants a story so they find one out of nothing. How the fuck can a band be blamed for a murder, did they do it? No. The guy who murdered the other kid did it. So why are bands from "different" genres being blamed once again? I don't see any storys about how all that chav "music" is encouraging knife crime. So to be honest i think the media should actually really think about it before they go around blaming harmless people.

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whenever a kid who happens to like rock music does something like this, the music they listen to gets blamed, it's ridiculous! The media thinks anyone who likes music like this is a suicidal maniac and they're basically just trying to pass the blame onto something they know shit all about!
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its funny isnt it, rap music always says things like "i'll pop a cap in your arse bitch!"
or w.e, yet they blame rock music for deaths?
do they even listen to any kind of heavy metal?
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WTF

Its because the media wants a story so they find one out of nothing. How the fuck can a band be blamed for a murder, did they do it? No. The guy who murdered the other kid did it. So why are bands from "different" genres being blamed once again? I don't see any storys about how all that chav "music" is encouraging knife crime. So to be honest i think the media should actually really think about it before they go around blaming harmless people.

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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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The media just looking to popular culture because they're easy to blame. This time it's Slipknot. Last time it was My Chemical Rmance. In the 80's it would have been Black Sabbath.

There's always a band or a TV show or a movie that the blame can be passed onto rather than a logical explanation. I swear to God, one day, we're going to be living in a world of grey, in case colours excite us too much.

This is nothing to do with Slipknot. They're a scapegoat for a society that can't face accepting the blame for anything that goes wrong.
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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this load of rubbish

i think the media blame rock music because they dont get it they think its just a load of young people with long greasy hair playing music.musicians cant pic who listens to them so slipknot get blamed for a murder that must make every slipknot fan a killer i dont think so i can say for certian that im not.its a load of bias crap!
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O-H M-Y G-O-S-H-!-!

The media are like leeches sucking onto anything. Once they hear a tragic story, they twist it with their own words to point the blame on the music that person had listened to. But how do they know if that's true? They don't exactly listen to the lyrics, do they? They just assume that some band with "scary" masks are the inspiration to that person's death. They just think that people with "depressing lives" listen to "depressing music" to influence them to kill themselves. Well, no it's not like that! People may suffer from REAL problems, but they wouldn't exactly kill themselves, would they? The media just speaks crap and have no clue about REAL music. They just like to make assumptions and try to influence others to do the same.

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rock music is blamed because the media have no one else to blame.
and possibly because they want a story, so they will write anything if it brings them money.
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its funny isnt it, rap music always says things like "i'll pop a cap in your arse bitch!"
or w.e, yet they blame rock music for deaths?
do they even listen to any kind of heavy metal?
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its funny isnt it, rap music always says things like "i'll pop a cap in your arse bitch!"
or w.e, yet they blame rock music for deaths?
do they even listen to any kind of heavy metal?
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its totaly rediculas

Its totaly rediculas! It's like the whole MCR thing again. Music can NOT be blamed for the death or murder of others. If some one has Killed another - how canyou justify blaming a band, seriously?
The Media Hype is stupid and to be honest it getting tiering and pathetic now. Its not the Bands fault - its the fuckin screwloose in the guys head how killed him!
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Its because the media wants a story so they find one out of nothing. How the fuck can a band be blamed for a murder, did they do it? No. The guy who murdered the other kid did it. So why are bands from "different" genres being blamed once again? I don't see any storys about how all that chav "music" is encouraging knife crime. So to be honest i think the media should actually really think about it before they go around blaming harmless people.

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i think it's beause rock and metal music is about the reality of life. someone can stil listen to pop music and create a crime yet the media ignores it and that is because it's easier to blame rock music than anything else.
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i think it's beause rock and metal music is about the reality of life. someone can stil listen to pop music and create a crime yet the media ignores it and that is because it's easier to blame rock music than anything else.
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i think it's beause rock and metal music is about the reality of life. someone can stil listen to pop music and create a crime yet the media ignores it and that is because it's easier to blame rock music than anything else.
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Slipknot

You know this is getting ridiculous first Marilyn Manson now Slipknot, it has nothing to do with rock bands it is the person themselves! you cant blame a rockband for inspiring someone to kill someone else they dont go writing lyrics that inspire ppl to kill theres something going on in these peoples minds driving them to kill somebody NOT rock music its about time all this blame on rock music stopped!
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tbh.

the media use everything as a scapegoat because they can't face facts that its media that causes deaths. eg anorexic models.
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WTF

Its because the media wants a story so they find one out of nothing. How the fuck can a band be blamed for a murder, did they do it? No. The guy who murdered the other kid did it. So why are bands from "different" genres being blamed once again? I don't see any storys about how all that chav "music" is encouraging knife crime. So to be honest i think the media should actually really think about it before they go around blaming harmless people.

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WTF

Its because the media wants a story so they find one out of nothing. How the fuck can a band be blamed for a murder, did they do it? No. The guy who murdered the other kid did it. So why are bands from "different" genres being blamed once again? I don't see any storys about how all that chav "music" is encouraging knife crime. So to be honest i think the media should actually really think about it before they go around blaming harmless people.

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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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the media use everything as a scapegoat because they can't face facts that its media that causes deaths. eg anorexic models.
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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i think it's beause rock and metal music is about the reality of life. someone can stil listen to pop music and create a crime yet the media ignores it and that is because it's easier to blame rock music than anything else.
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the media use everything as a scapegoat because they can't face facts that its media that causes deaths. eg anorexic models.
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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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because nobody wants to admit their society's fucked up..

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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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rock music is blamed because the media have no one else to blame.
and possibly because they want a story, so they will write anything if it brings them money.
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Probably Why Rock Is Blamed

I think it is because rock music is one of those art forms, and is popular, and connects with todays youth (yes, by saying that i did make myself sound middle aged).
Its like computer games and ... other stuff I cant think of at this time. The fact kids r rebelling, causes adults to become paranoid, and if things get to extreme (e.g. death) the nearest thing the have to blame is what they engross themselves in, which is mostly, the music they love.
Some aspects of the media have been known to attempt to stir this worry (need I mention the "emo warning"?). This only makes this worse.
In the end, its just the closest ammo to hand, when to afraid to go deeper into the problem.
Cheers

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the reason Slipknot are being blamed for the death of an individual are the same as other bands, such as MCR, HIM and Marilyn Manson. the media can only speculate. if the death was blamed on rap the media would be dubbed "racist". but to get away from that they blame things that they can avoid such confrontation. Condolences to the victims family!
x
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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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rock music is blamed because the media have no one else to blame.
and possibly because they want a story, so they will write anything if it brings them money.
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because nobody wants to admit their society's fucked up..

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Personally, I think it's a load of old twoddle. The only thing I blame rock music for is being out of pocket from buying loads of CDs and band merchandise.
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its totaly rediculas

Its totaly rediculas! It's like the whole MCR thing again. Music can NOT be blamed for the death or murder of others. If some one has Killed another - how canyou justify blaming a band, seriously?
The Media Hype is stupid and to be honest it getting tiering and pathetic now. Its not the Bands fault - its the fuckin screwloose in the guys head how killed him!
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the reason Slipknot are being blamed for the death of an individual are the same as other bands, such as MCR, HIM and Marilyn Manson. the media can only speculate. if the death was blamed on rap the media would be dubbed "racist". but to get away from that they blame things that they can avoid such confrontation. Condolences to the victims family!
x
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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the reason Slipknot are being blamed for the death of an individual are the same as other bands, such as MCR, HIM and Marilyn Manson. the media can only speculate. if the death was blamed on rap the media would be dubbed "racist". but to get away from that they blame things that they can avoid such confrontation. Condolences to the victims family!
x
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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It's the samer as

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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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Burning Question

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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Media Blaming Slipknot

The Media is blaming Rock music because they see it as a very aggresive genre of music.

Most songs are about violence and murder but thats what makes a good rock song showing the negotive side of life.
But it can not be blamed for what happens to people, people do things by there own choice not the music they listen too.
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Probably Why Rock Is Blamed

I think it is because rock music is one of those art forms, and is popular, and connects with todays youth (yes, by saying that i did make myself sound middle aged).
Its like computer games and ... other stuff I cant think of at this time. The fact kids r rebelling, causes adults to become paranoid, and if things get to extreme (e.g. death) the nearest thing the have to blame is what they engross themselves in, which is mostly, the music they love.
Some aspects of the media have been known to attempt to stir this worry (need I mention the "emo warning"?). This only makes this worse.
In the end, its just the closest ammo to hand, when to afraid to go deeper into the problem.
Cheers

www.myspace.com/mynydude
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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Personally, I think it's a load of old twoddle. The only thing I blame rock music for is being out of pocket from buying loads of CDs and band merchandise.
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Shouldnt The Devil Be getting Blamed For This?
Dont Blame Slipknot.
Fucking Media.
Fucking Country.

http://www.myspace.com/mychemical_romancelove
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Personally, I think it's a load of old twoddle. The only thing I blame rock music for is being out of pocket from buying loads of CDs and band merchandise.
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Why is it always the greatest bands which get the blame for everything? First MCR, now Slipknot?!? WTF is wrong with the media!!! Sure Slipknot wear scary masks and make up and have lyrics which mean something, byt they don't need this shit!!
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Shouldnt The Devil Be getting Blamed For This?
Dont Blame Slipknot.
Fucking Media.
Fucking Country.

http://www.myspace.com/mychemical_romancelove
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The Burning Question

Why is it always the greatest bands which get the blame for everything? First MCR, now Slipknot?!? WTF is wrong with the media!!! Sure Slipknot wear scary masks and make up and have lyrics which mean something, but they don't need this shit!!
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The Burning Question

Why is it always the greatest bands which get the blame for everything? First MCR, now Slipknot?!? WTF is wrong with the media!!! Sure Slipknot wear scary masks and make up and have lyrics which mean something, but they don't need this shit!!
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Probably Why Rock Is Blamed

I think it is because rock music is one of those art forms, and is popular, and connects with todays youth (yes, by saying that i did make myself sound middle aged).
Its like computer games and ... other stuff I cant think of at this time. The fact kids r rebelling, causes adults to become paranoid, and if things get to extreme (e.g. death) the nearest thing the have to blame is what they engross themselves in, which is mostly, the music they love.
Some aspects of the media have been known to attempt to stir this worry (need I mention the "emo warning"?). This only makes this worse.
In the end, its just the closest ammo to hand, when to afraid to go deeper into the problem.
Cheers

www.myspace.com/mynydude
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the reason Slipknot are being blamed for the death of an individual are the same as other bands, such as MCR, HIM and Marilyn Manson. the media can only speculate. if the death was blamed on rap the media would be dubbed "racist". but to get away from that they blame things that they can avoid such confrontation. Condolences to the victims family!
x
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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It's simple...

Everyone's got bored of blaming chavs and gangs who, to be fair, are the real reason for most crimes. They've made us into another untrue stereotype. Just because some of us are hardcore doesn't mean we wanna kill people!
You can't blame a whole culture for a crime that was made by a single person and you most certainly cannot blame bands for it, it's unfair and out of fucking order!
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Media have always to blame somedy because if they haven't insteresting news, they are base in blaming somebody for anything.
Morbid News = More Money.
A simple mathematical operation.
For that reason people does not take it seriously. If we take seriously all that shit, the world would be a worse place.
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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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It's the same as Mark David Chapman: if you read Catcher In The Rye, you're going to kill someone, if you listen to MCR you're going to kill yourself, if you're a vegetarian you'll end up like Hitler. You can't really be influenced, unless you're that bloody stupid or just a tad eccentric.

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media blaming slipknot

The media have to blame someone or something and the rock culture is the one 'easiest' to blame.

As Slipknot would look somewhat 'violent or scary' (like My Chemical Romance etc...) to people who dont really know them, it will be easy to make the public believe they influence murder,violence etc...
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FAIL

Because the people who blame shit on other shit are shit. Gay.
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Why is it always the greatest bands which get the blame for everything? First MCR, now Slipknot?!? WTF is wrong with the media!!! Sure Slipknot wear scary masks and make up and have lyrics which mean something, but they don't need this shit!! The media dont know fuck all to do with this type of music, so they blame it...
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Ooops.

Sorry about that :/
too many posts!
stupid computer...
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Media have always to blame somedy because if they haven't insteresting news, they are base in blaming somebody for anything.
Morbid News = More Money.
A simple mathematical operation.
For that reason people does not take it seriously. If we take seriously all that shit, the world would be a worse place.
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how can music be blamed for influencing a murder, its completely stupid. yeh i guess that this genre of music is sung with emotion and i guess that the lyrics within these kind of songs can be agressive but the media cannot blame a band for influencing the murder its just ridiculous. the media need to find something more appropriate to place blame on.
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Slipknot

I Think Everyone Just Thinks Cause We're Different And People Dont Understand What We're Really Like They Will Blame Us Because We're So Different And Dont Exactly Follow Rules In This Soo Called Society Ha!
Slipknot Dont Encourage Murder Or MCR Dont Incourage Suicide.
Again Cause They Dont Understand Us We're Probs Most Easy To Blame.
Cause No Ones Gonna Exactly Stand Up For Us, Not Even Parents Etc.
Slipknot Dont Encourage Anything They Dont Say "Lets Murder People And Do What We Want" If People Go Round Mudering Other People Its Not From Music Like Just 1 Band, So Newpapers Etc Have Gotta Stop With The Bullshit Blaming Us Just Cause We Dress And Act In Ways That They Dont Like, I Think Everyone Should Just Ignore It, Cause At The End Of The Day Newspapers Etc Get Everything Wrong Or Just Blame Anything Just For Money And Its To Scare The Public Into Doing Things And Not Doin Things. They Can Just Fuck Off To Be Honest. And Actually Print Out A Story Thats True For Once.
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In cases like these the media try to find scapegoats at every possible chance because they need someone to blame other then the person who is actually involved.

The music scene is an easy target. It's pathetic. The media should take a look at the people who commit these crimes and they'd see they are the only people to blame for their actions.
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Because people and the media are always looking for a scapegoat when something like this happens, instead of pointing the finger at the idiot responsible it's yet another case of "who can we blame for this?"

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Burning Answer 4 Burning Question :)

Media have always to blame somedy because if they haven't insteresting news, they are base in blaming somebody for anything.
Morbid News = More Money.
A simple mathematical operation.
For that reason people does not take it seriously. If we take seriously all that shit, the world would be a worse place.
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Burning question.

In cases like these the media try to find scapegoats at every possible chance because they need someone to blame other then the person who is actually involved.

The music scene is an easy target. It's pathetic. The media should take a look at the people who commit these crimes and they'd see they are the only people to blame for their actions.
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Slipknot as the Scapegoat this time...

The Media are blaming Slipknot, because they have to blame someone, for everything...

When Hannah Bond sadly ended her life, 'Emo Music' was suddently the bad thing.

Now it's 'Rock Music'... We'll be banning Music altogether soon, in fear it'll make people go deaf or something.

The world, helped on by the Media is just so would up it it's own desire to stereotype everyone, group us all together and label everything, that everytime something bad happens, people instantly look for the nearest and easiest thing to blame.

It's pathetic.

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burning question

how can music be blamed for influencing a murder, its completely stupid. yeh i guess that this genre of music is sung with emotion and i guess that the lyrics within these kind of songs can be agressive but the media cannot blame a band for influencing the murder its just ridiculous. the media need to find something more appropriate to place blame on.
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FAIL

Because the people who blame shit on other shit are shit. Gay.
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how can music be blamed for influencing a murder, its completely stupid. yeh i guess that this genre of music is sung with emotion and i guess that the lyrics within these kind of songs can be agressive but the media cannot blame a band for influencing the murder its just ridiculous. the media need to find something more appropriate to place blame on.
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Burning question.

In cases like these the media try to find scapegoats at every possible chance because they need someone to blame other then the person who is actually involved.

The music scene is an easy target. It's pathetic. The media should take a look at the people who commit these crimes and they'd see they are the only people to blame for their actions.
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To be honest, just 'cause he was wearing a SlipKnot mask does not mean they inspired him. So why blame SlipKnot when it was blatantly drugs? It’s because the media want to make a big deal out of it. So they blame the music he guy is interested in.
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Burning question.

In cases like these the media try to find scapegoats at every possible chance because they need someone to blame other then the person who is actually involved.

The music scene is an easy target. It's pathetic. The media should take a look at the people who commit these crimes and they'd see they are the only people to blame for their actions.
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its stupid there just using certain things (like music) as an excuse to stuff like this
it happend to MCR and now to slipknot, slipnot are in no way connected to it they didnt put lyrics into their music or encourage people to go on and kill someone
its the student who should be blamed not the music
just because he may listen to slipknot doesnt mean there the cause of this
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i think it is absolutely disgraceful that the media are blaming bands like slipknot and my chemical romance for the rise in teenage deaths. they've got bored of blaming gangs who carry guns, which to be honest, i think it is more likely for them to be involved in most crimes. i mean, its pathetic that the media think bands are the cause of something done by a single person. that person could commit suicide because of something dreadful that is happening in her or his life, not because of what music they listen too. we need to put a stop to this!
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simple when you think about it

well! people just see the music and the "image" that comes with it, they dont even try to understand that maybe, just maybe there is more to us then loud music and attitude,,,most of us have a deeper side! i wish people could see that!! x
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simple when you think about it

well! people just see the music and the "image" that comes with it, they dont even try to understand that maybe, just maybe there is more to us then loud music and attitude,,,most of us have a deeper side! i wish people could see that!! x
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i think it is absolutely disgraceful that the media are blaming bands like slipknot and my chemical romance for the rise in teenage deaths. they've got bored of blaming gangs who carry guns, which to be honest, i think it is more likely for them to be involved in most crimes. i mean, its pathetic that the media think bands are the cause of something done by a single person. that person could commit suicide because of something dreadful that is happening in her or his life, not because of what music they listen too. we need to put a stop to this!
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Burning question

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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It's stupid that the media can assume that someone would kill themselves and/or others solely due to the influence of one band. In think the media feel that it is nescessary to place blame on something and the scapegoat usually chosen happens to be music, just like in the case with Hannah Bond.
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SLIPKNOT

BULL SHIT I LOVE SLIPKOT AND OTHER METAL BANDS THAT MUCH THAT I NEED TO LISEN TO THEM EVERY DAY BUT I DONT GO OUT KILLING PEOPLE. IT IS ONLY FOOLS WHO KILL.
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Burning Q

its stupid there just using certain things (like music) as an excuse to stuff like this
it happend to MCR and now to slipknot, slipnot are in no way connected to it they didnt put lyrics into their music or encourage people to go on and kill someone
its the student who should be blamed not the music
just because he may listen to slipknot doesnt mean there the cause of this
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They blame it on rock music, because they don't want to blame it on bad parenting. And with the media publicizing rock music in a bad light...it's easy to do so.
People find all sorts of other things to blame the problems of today's society on so that they can ignore the fact that the problems are themselves.
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burning question

how can music be blamed for influencing a murder, its completely stupid. yeh i guess that this genre of music is sung with emotion and i guess that the lyrics within these kind of songs can be agressive but the media cannot blame a band for influencing the murder its just ridiculous. the media need to find something more appropriate to place blame on.
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Burning question

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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i think it is absolutely disgraceful that the media are blaming bands like slipknot and my chemical romance for the rise in teenage deaths. they've got bored of blaming gangs who carry guns, which to be honest, i think it is more likely for them to be involved in most crimes. i mean, its pathetic that the media think bands are the cause of something done by a single person. that person could commit suicide or be involved in a murder because of something dreadful that is happening in her or his life, not because of what music they listen too. we need to put a stop to this!
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Burning Question

Because people and the media are always looking for a scapegoat when something like this happens, instead of pointing the finger at the idiot responsible it's yet another case of "who can we blame for this?"

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burning question

It's stupid that the media can assume that someone would kill themselves and/or others solely due to the influence of one band. In think the media feel that it is nescessary to place blame on something and the scapegoat usually chosen happens to be music, just like in the case with Hannah Bond.
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the burning question

i think they blame music for events like that becuase they dont know what else to blame. its really sad.
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SLIPKNOT

BULL SHIT I LOVE SLIPKNOT AND OTHER METAL BANDS THAT MUCH THAT I NEED TO LISEN TO THEM EVERY DAY BUT I DONT GO OUT KILLING PEOPLE. IT IS ONLY FOOLS WHO KILL.
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Burning queston - slipknot blame

1st of, Slipknot are amazing and it's a shame they had to cancel Leeds and Reading Festival (I really wanted to see them because i'm off to Leeds Fest). Joey broke his ancle. But what i want to say is that the media blame young crime on rock bands because rock bands are seen to play angry music. but rock bands write music about real problems and real life. The media sees it as a threat because the media try to control peoples thoughts and put stuff in there minds but rock music comes along and speaks the truth and gives people there right to speak and think how they want to. So the media try to also control how people think about rock music and put the blame on them to get them out of the way. It's just like those silly little cartoons when you see some stupid super scientist take over the world with mind control. And thats what i think (:
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twat

the media only blaim the music because it is diffrent to pop culture and because the kid was dressed like joey the have linked the music to a disturbed kid ....it is stupid and the fact music is being blaimed is pure crap.
the media is wrong!
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the media only blaim the music because it is diffrent to pop culture and because the kid was dressed like joey the have linked the music to a disturbed kid ....it is stupid and the fact music is being blaimed is pure crap.
the media is wrong!
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Because they can't understand that cracked people are cracked people, and music isn't going to make a difference. If they also had McFly and Tokio Hotel in their CD collection would they be blamed for insighting the murder? No, but Slipknot look like a band that uninformed parents and Daily Mail readers would, so they get it.

Music is such an influential thing, and that's confusing, but if you counted the number of people who've been saved by music against the number who've done something terrible supposedly because of it, the evidence will speak for itself.
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In my opinion is because rock music is linked to something bad. There's this common idea about rock music, drugs, alcohol and sex. But it's not that!
Rock music was born as a way of revolution and so, many people consider it as something bad as I said before (I'm kinda repetitive).
But also because people who listen to rock are mainly people with their own way of thinking and, as you know, nowadays if you're not conforming to the mass you're an outsider, someone dangeorous.
Finally I think that is because rock stars have a particular way of presenting themselves. I'm thinking about photos or videos with blood and vampires or stuff like that. I guess people are scared by those things.
But this is only my opinion.
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Burning queston - slipknot blame

1st of, Slipknot are amazing and it's a shame they had to cancel Leeds and Reading Festival (I really wanted to see them because i'm off to Leeds Fest). Joey broke his ancle. But what i want to say is that the media blame young crime on rock bands because rock bands are seen to play angry music. but rock bands write music about real problems and real life. The media sees it as a threat because the media try to control peoples thoughts and put stuff in there minds but rock music comes along and speaks the truth and gives people there right to speak and think how they want to. So the media try to also control how people think about rock music and put the blame on them to get them out of the way. It's just like those silly little cartoons when you see some stupid super scientist take over the world with mind control. And thats what i think (:
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teenage murder

i think it is absolutely disgraceful that the media are blaming bands like slipknot and my chemical romance for the rise in teenage deaths. they've got bored of blaming gangs who carry guns, which to be honest, i think it is more likely for them to be involved in most crimes. i mean, its pathetic that the media think bands are the cause of something done by a single person. that person could commit suicide or be involved in a murder because of something dreadful that is happening in her or his life, not because of what music they listen too. we need to put a stop to this!
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Burning queston - slipknot blame

1st of, Slipknot are amazing and it's a shame they had to cancel Leeds and Reading Festival (I really wanted to see them because i'm off to Leeds Fest). Joey broke his ancle. But what i want to say is that the media blame young crime on rock bands because rock bands are seen to play angry music. but rock bands write music about real problems and real life. The media sees it as a threat because the media try to control peoples thoughts and put stuff in there minds but rock music comes along and speaks the truth and gives people there right to speak and think how they want to. So the media try to also control how people think about rock music and put the blame on them to get them out of the way. It's just like those silly little cartoons when you see some stupid super scientist take over the world with mind control. And thats what i think (:
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Slipknot

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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Burning Question

They blame it on rock music, because they don't want to blame it on bad parenting. And with the media publicizing rock music in a bad light...it's easy to do so.
People find all sorts of other things to blame the problems of today's society on so that they can ignore the fact that the problems are themselves.
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it's because when the media saw that the kid was a metal head who liked slipknot, they new exactly who to blame because slipknot and the whole genre of metal / hardcore / death / black ect. aren't commercial and just because theyr'e different from artists like justin timberlake and madonna and prats like that the media think they have the right to blame slipknot, and other bands, for things which is a total outrage.
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Burning Question

Because people and the media are always looking for a scapegoat when something like this happens, instead of pointing the finger at the idiot responsible it's yet another case of "who can we blame for this?"

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Slipknot

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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Slipknot

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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why?

Because they don't understand rock music or the fans and it scares them. It's easier to use music as a scapegoat than to admit they don't have a legitimate reason for bad things happening.
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In my opinion is because rock music is linked to something bad. There's this common idea about rock music, drugs, alcohol and sex. But it's not that!
Rock music was born as a way of revolution and so, many people consider it as something bad as I said before (I'm kinda repetitive).
But also because people who listen to rock are mainly people with their own way of thinking and, as you know, nowadays if you're not conforming to the mass you're an outsider, someone dangeorous.
Finally I think that is because rock stars have a particular way of presenting themselves. I'm thinking about photos or videos with blood and vampires or stuff like that. I guess people are scared by those things.
But this is only my opinion.
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Because they can't understand that cracked people are cracked people, and music isn't going to make a difference. If they also had McFly and Tokio Hotel in their CD collection would they be blamed for insighting the murder? No, but Slipknot look like a band that uninformed parents and Daily Mail readers would, so they get it.

Music is such an influential thing, and that's confusing, but if you counted the number of people who've been saved by music against the number who've done something terrible supposedly because of it, the evidence will speak for itself.
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it's because when the media saw that the kid was a metal head who liked slipknot, they new exactly who to blame because slipknot and the whole genre of metal / hardcore / death / black ect. aren't commercial and just because theyr'e different from artists like justin timberlake and madonna and prats like that the media think they have the right to blame slipknot, and other bands, for things which is a total outrage.
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the media only blaim the music because it is diffrent to pop culture and because the kid was dressed like joey the have linked the music to a disturbed kid ....it is stupid and the fact music is being blaimed is pure crap.
the media is wrong!
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why?

Because they don't understand rock music or the fans and it scares them. It's easier to use music as a scapegoat than to admit they don't have a legitimate reason for bad things happening.

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Probably Why Rock Is Blamed

I think it is because rock music is one of those art forms that is popular, and connects with todays youth (yes, by saying that i did make myself sound middle aged).
Its like computer games and ... other stuff I cant think of at this time. The fact kids are rebelling, causes adults to become paranoid, and if things get to extreme (e.g. death) the nearest thing the have to blame is what they engross themselves in, which is mostly, the music they love.
Some aspects of the media have been known to attempt to stir this worry (need I mention the "emo warning"?). This only makes this worse.
In the end, its just the closest ammo to hand, when to afraid to go deeper into the problem.
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it's because when the media saw that the kid was a metal head who liked slipknot, they new exactly who to blame because slipknot and the whole genre of metal / hardcore / death / black ect. aren't commercial and just because theyr'e different from artists like justin timberlake and madonna and prats like that the media think they have the right to blame slipknot, and other bands, for things which is a total outrage.
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Its always done, they dont understand this genre of music. They constantly label people as emos, blame deaths on metal music...what they dont understand that if someone commits suicide, its something wrong with that person, not the music that is listened to by millions around the world. With murders, its the murderers that should be blamed! Music is a way of expressing emotions, lyrics can mean a lot to people, it can help them forget, or remember certain times. Its not a deathwish, and it shouldnt be a scapegoat for the media!
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Slipknot

The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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Its always done, they dont understand this genre of music. They constantly label people as emos, blame deaths on metal music...what they dont understand that if someone commits suicide, its something wrong with that person, not the music that is listened to by millions around the world. With murders, its the murderers that should be blamed! Music is a way of expressing emotions, lyrics can mean a lot to people, it can help them forget, or remember certain times. Its not a deathwish, and it shouldnt be a scapegoat for the media!
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The thing is the media acts like the music controls us, and that it encourages us to do morally wrong things. They're just ignoring the fact that we choose music we can associate with, we use music as an outlet for our moods, they don't control them.
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burning question

this sort of thing pisses me off! they only blame music because they can't find no one else to blame and if the person happens to like music they instantly put the blame on them. if people wanna be stupid enough to do what that band is singing about then it's their problem! the bands don't tell their fans to do these things, they obviously can't handle the lyrics and what the band is singing about. you can't blame a band or song for someone commiting suicide, it's that persons own choice, no one elses.
every rock band has to be blamed for something, like marilyn manson and my chemical romance, what is so bad that mcr sing about? it's rediculous.
bands get blamed for too much just because of their sound or image. it's not just kids who like rock music who commit suicide, and that person is most probably being bullied but no one thinks about that! people only listen to music cos they like it or because it makes them happy and sing along, not because it depresses them and makes them feel like they want to die. media are pathetic!
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People always need a scapegoat for the shit that happens in this world, if we were to remove all history of music and films people would just look for something else to blame. It's a sick, sad little world that we live in and violence no matter what time will always exist (sadly enough) If people didn't have anything to blame for the wrong doings of this world then society would fall apart through not having the object to fear through not understanding what they are blaming shit on. Dont blame music, if your child/brother/sister/cousin does anything like that look at the environment that they came from and think to yourself 'Can I really blame anyone/thing else for this?' Enough said.
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this sort of thing pisses me off! they only blame music because they can't find no one else to blame and if the person happens to like music they instantly put the blame on them. if people wanna be stupid enough to do what that band is singing about then it's their problem! the bands don't tell their fans to do these things, they obviously can't handle the lyrics and what the band is singing about. you can't blame a band or song for someone commiting suicide, it's that persons own choice, no one elses.
every rock band has to be blamed for something, like marilyn manson and my chemical romance, what is so bad that mcr sing about? it's rediculous.
bands get blamed for too much just because of their sound or image. it's not just kids who like rock music who commit suicide, and that person is most probably being bullied but no one thinks about that! people only listen to music cos they like it or because it makes them happy and sing along, not because it depresses them and makes them feel like they want to die. media are pathetic! people make their own decisions!
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this sort of thing pisses me off! they only blame music because they can't find no one else to blame and if the person happens to like music they instantly put the blame on them. if people wanna be stupid enough to do what that band is singing about then it's their problem! the bands don't tell their fans to do these things, they obviously can't handle the lyrics and what the band is singing about. you can't blame a band or song for someone commiting suicide, it's that persons own choice, no one elses.
every rock band has to be blamed for something, like marilyn manson and my chemical romance, what is so bad that mcr sing about? it's rediculous.
bands get blamed for too much just because of their sound or image. it's not just kids who like rock music who commit suicide, and that person is most probably being bullied but no one thinks about that! people only listen to music cos they like it or because it makes them happy and sing along, not because it depresses them and makes them feel like they want to die. media are pathetic! people make their own decisions!
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Its easier then working out whats truely to blame. Just like the Nazis blamed the Jews, it happens all the time out of sheer paranoia and laziness.
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teenage murder

i think it is absolutely disgraceful that the media are blaming bands like slipknot and my chemical romance for the rise in teenage deaths. they've got bored of blaming gangs who carry guns, which to be honest, i think it is more likely for them to be involved in most crimes. i mean, its pathetic that the media think bands are the cause of something done by a single person. that person could commit suicide or be involved in a murder because of something dreadful that is happening in her or his life, not because of what music they listen too. we need to put a stop to this!
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I live in South Africa, and there is a kid who has a whole folder of the 10 Commandments according to MCR. Holy crap...I'm worried that one day she too will do something incredibly stupid.
The media publicises, and then people who are looking to get into the image are stereotyped into thinking that you have to look/be a certain way.
Unfortunately, there are people who only look at media for the way they have to be...I think the reason why people do stupid things is heavily influenced by the media in the first place. So of course the media will blame something like killing on "aggressive-sounding" bands...because they stereotyped the people who listen to them in the first place.
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Typical

Its always done, they dont understand this genre of music. They constantly label people as emos, blame deaths on metal music...what they dont understand that if someone commits suicide, its something wrong with that person, not the music that is listened to by millions around the world. With murders, its the murderers that should be blamed! Music is a way of expressing emotions, lyrics can mean a lot to people, it can help them forget, or remember certain times. Its not a deathwish, and it shouldnt be a scapegoat for the media!
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Slipknot

The media are pathetic. The lyrics in a song cannot physically force someone to kill themselfs or anyone else.
The day they get evidence to prove music makes someone take a life will be the same day pigs will fly.
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slipknot burning q

its so ridiculous. these people writing all this shit have no idea about the other things going on in peoples lives. they just target rock/metal because they are sad losers who cant find an actual reason behined something.
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BQ

The media stereotypes the people who listen to bands like Slipknot in the first place, so that when something like a murder takes place, they find an easy target as to why the person did it. All for sensationalism.
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The Media will always blame whatever's prevalent in youth circles for problems of their own design. it's been happening since Elvis came on the scene in the 60s, and probably won't go away anytime soon, unfortunately.
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Slipknot

The family and friends need someone to blame other than themselves. It's not just this genre of music, gangster and chav music are to blame aswell according to the press. Anything which isn't defined as 'normal' a.k.a chart music is responsible for putting 'evil thoughts' in peoples heads. These people obviously have psychotic issues, it's nothing to do with the music.
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The media are pathetic. The lyrics in a song cannot physically force someone to kill themselfs or anyone else.
The day they get evidence to prove music makes someone take a life will be the same day pigs will fly.
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The media are pathetic. The lyrics in a song cannot physically force someone to kill themselfs or anyone else.
The day they get evidence to prove music makes someone take a life will be the same day pigs will fly.
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its so ridiculous. these people writing all this shit have no idea about the other things going on in peoples lives. they just target rock/metal because they are sad losers who cant find an actual reason behined something.
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what! people rob banks wearing richard nixon masks doesnt meen richard nixon inspired them and as to why rock music gets blamed is pretty much because they dont understand it same way everyone all think rap music is responsible for the rise in gun crime. who the fuk listens to music and goes and follows it by everyword and does what ever sum artist tells them to do, and if they do theyre loons anyway and if you are like that ya gona be mental whether or whether not someone says the word kill in a song. what twats

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The media stereotypes the people who listen to bands like Slipknot in the first place, so that when something like a murder takes place, they find an easy target as to why the person did it. All for sensationalism.
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The media are just finding something and anything to pick on and I think they enjoy the attention they get from making these comments... That boy clearly has problems and thats not exactly the bands fault...

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MUSIC A SCAPEGOAT............ DEJA VU!

I'm just about getting sick to the back teeth with this crap. Hey, I listen to MCR; I know I'll kill myself 'cus they make people want to do that! BULLSHIT!

I'm not a huge fan of Slipknot, but they have a huge fan base and I don't see many of them going round murdering people.

Music is exactly that; MUSIC! It should never be used as a scapegoat. If someone wants to commit a murder, they will. The same can be said if someone feels so down and depressed that they feel the need to commit suicide, then they're going to do it whether they listen to music or not. I am in no way comparing the two, but the same principle applies.

The media has such a lot to do with the state the world is in at the moment as well as governments who cannot run their countries properly.

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The media are just finding something and anything to pick on and I think they enjoy the attention they get from making these comments... That boy clearly has problems and thats not exactly the bands fault...

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what! people rob banks wearing richard nixon masks doesnt meen richard nixon inspired them and as to why rock music gets blamed is pretty much because they dont understand it same way everyone all think rap music is responsible for the rise in gun crime. who the fuk listens to music and goes and follows it by everyword and does what ever sum artist tells them to do, and if they do theyre loons anyway and if you are like that ya gona be mental whether or whether not someone says the word kill in a song. what twats

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Burning Q

The media are just finding something and anything to pick on and I think they enjoy the attention they get from making these comments... That boy clearly has problems and thats not exactly the bands fault...

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Typical

Its always done, they dont understand this genre of music. They constantly label people as emos, blame deaths on metal music...what they dont understand that if someone commits suicide, its something wrong with that person, not the music that is listened to by millions around the world. With murders, its the murderers that should be blamed! Music is a way of expressing emotions, lyrics can mean a lot to people, it can help them forget, or remember certain times. Its not a deathwish, and it shouldnt be a scapegoat for the media!
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Slipknot

The family and friends need someone to blame other than themselves. It's not just this genre of music, gangster and chav music are to blame aswell according to the press. Anything which isn't defined as 'normal' a.k.a chart music is responsible for putting 'evil thoughts' in peoples heads. These people obviously have psychotic issues, it's nothing to do with the music.
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The media are just finding something and anything to pick on and I think they enjoy the attention they get from making these comments... That boy clearly has problems and thats not exactly the bands fault...

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Well

People Killin Other People Was Around Way Before Slipknot, So Why Blame Them?

http://www.myspace.com/mychemical_romancelove
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MUSIC A SCAPEGOAT............ DEJA VU!

I'm just about getting sick to the back teeth with this crap. Hey, I listen to MCR; I know I'll kill myself 'cus they make people want to do that! BULLSHIT!

I'm not a huge fan of Slipknot, but they have a huge fan base and I don't see many of them going round murdering people.

Music is exactly that; MUSIC! It should never be used as a scapegoat. If someone wants to commit a murder, they will. The same can be said if someone feels so down and depressed that they feel the need to commit suicide, then they're going to do it whether they listen to music or not. I am in no way comparing the two, but the same principle applies.

The media has such a lot to do with the state the world is in at the moment as well as governments who cannot run their countries properly.

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The media are just finding something and anything to pick on and I think they enjoy the attention they get from making these comments... That boy clearly has problems and thats not exactly the bands fault...

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Metal

Heavy music has always been condemned, stereotyped and looked down upon. A lot of people dont understand it, but its a huge culture where people can connect with their inner self. A lot of this is explored in the film 'Metal: a headbangers journey' its on youtube, go watch it.

The media revolves around stereotype. The new world order wants people stabbing each other, they seek to divide people by music (why do you think the music industry deliberately makes music that is at 2 extremes). They want us to hate each other, instead, lets put stupid differences aside and stand more together.
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Get off your backside and actually sort the issue out

I have had this all from when I was in high school how different Rock genre bands are responsible for something or that there is some message in their music.

My thought is why the hell is it the person who is stating something in a songs fault?

Christ almighty get up off your arse and actually go to the person who killed the victim and ask them.....sure they might have said I LISTEN to this or I was on a rush after this,.....but you cannot blame some ones reaction to music on the person singing

The band are not for a main example being Hitler saying oh you are not employed because of this kind of person.......they are giving the general population that love their music something to use for expression, which in most cases PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO DO NOW!

Also no doubt they went into the kids room and said oh my god he must be a satan worshipper too, look at this......

STOP BLAMING EVERY GOD DAMN THING THAT YOU THINK IS DIFFERENT OR JUST OVER YOUR OWN PERSONAL TABOO LIMIT AND SORT THE FUCKING PROBLEM OUT
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Bollocks!!!

Ooooo! Slipknot look scary. Slipknot sound angry......that's about it! Why doesn't 50 Cent get any blame for gun culture, since we're always hearing about him being shot 9 times! (By the way where are his scars?)

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Rock music is made a scapegoat because it's one of the best loved types of music. It's easy to say, 'Oh that person killed someone else because they listen to Rock music and everyone knows that the songs are heavy and make you want to commit murder.' They can't say that about Pop music can they? Death by a candyfloss princess in the form of song? I don't think so. The media fail to acknowledge the amount of teenagers who die when listening to R'n'B or Jazz. If someone's going to kill themselves, or someone else, it's not going to be caused by the music they listen to. It will be due to drugs or drink, or just a very over active temper. I don't think the media understand that most teenagers listen to Rock music as a way of letting their hair down, or just relaxing. Maybe the media should focus on something a little more important, such as the war in Georgia? Or the fact that a convicted paedophile is on their way back to Britain?
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Heavy music has always been condemned, stereotyped and looked down upon. A lot of people dont understand it, but its a huge culture where people can connect with their inner self. A lot of this is explored in the film 'Metal: a headbangers journey' its on youtube, go watch it.

The media revolves around stereotype. The new world order wants people stabbing each other, they seek to divide people by music (why do you think the music industry deliberately makes music that is at 2 extremes). They want us to hate each other, instead, lets put stupid differences aside and stand more together.
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the media just want to blame something other than admit thats it's them that causes all these deaths. look at whats happened to bridgend, the media blamed rock music then and also socialnetworking sites.
the media never research their stories properly, e.g the daily mail.
any mcr fan will know that that article was grossly misresearched. the independant did a better job and told the truth
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why am i not suprised

This happens way to often. You never EVER see rap music being blamed for gun crime, or R'n'B music being blamed for teen pregnancy. its ridiculous !
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Because metal is different, and people are scared of what is different. They find it easy to blame a genre of music that they dont understand, and havent listened to. In what way could Slipknot be respnsable for a murder? Even if their songs encouraged murder, (which they dont) its the murders fault for thinking it would be a good idea. He deserves whatever he gets, its his own fault. Not Slipknot.
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Because metal is different, and people are scared of what is different. They find it easy to blame a genre of music that they dont understand, and havent listened to. In what way could Slipknot be respnsable for a murder? Even if their songs encouraged murder, (which they dont) its the murders fault for thinking it would be a good idea. He deserves whatever he gets, its his own fault. Not Slipknot's.
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why am i not suprised

This happens way to often. You never EVER see rap music being blamed for gun crime, or R'n'B music being blamed for teen pregnancy. its ridiculous !
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The Media will always blame whatever's prevalent in youth circles for problems of their own design. it's been happening since Elvis came on the scene in the 60s, and probably won't go away anytime soon, unfortunately.
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what! people rob banks wearing richard nixon masks doesnt meen richard nixon inspired them and as to why rock music gets blamed is pretty much because they dont understand it same way everyone all think rap music is responsible for the rise in gun crime. who the fuk listens to music and goes and follows it by everyword and does what ever sum artist tells them to do, and if they do theyre loons anyway and if you are like that ya gona be mental whether or whether not someone says the word kill in a song. what twats

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Burning question.

The media only blame music for things like this because they cant actually explain why people do this kind of thing. Maybe, the boy just felt like going on a killing spree? Maybe he just used the mask to hide his identity? I think rock music is blamed mainly for the fact that rock can be emotional, have strong meanings, can sound agressive. Like with MCR, because they sometimes talk about death or suicide, they were blamed.

The media should just grow up, stop pointing the finger at people who are innocent just because they havent got the intelligence to understand that music isnt the only influence in life.
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what! people rob banks wearing richard nixon masks doesnt meen richard nixon inspired them and as to why rock music gets blamed is pretty much because they dont understand it same way everyone all think rap music is responsible for the rise in gun crime. who the fuk listens to music and goes and follows it by everyword and does what ever sum artist tells them to do, and if they do theyre loons anyway and if you are like that ya gona be mental whether or whether not someone says the word kill in a song. what twats

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Because the government and parents have nothing else to blame it on. They don't want to believe that theres something wrong with there child, or if there child has commited suicide, they don't want to believe their child was THAT unhappy.

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slipknot blamed for inspiring murder

hello kerrang,

as a metal fan,i think it's fair to say that metal isn't just music but a way of life for a lot of people.lyrically it provides a deeper meaning then other genres of music,but sometimes these 'troubled' teens interpret the meaning in the wrong way.the media should realize that they can't blame metal music just because some individual teen decides to go nuts.the metal may feed the negative impulse but it doesn't plant the seed.if this individual is unstable then metal shouldn't be blamed.i think it just provides an easy ride for them to say 'oh he listened to metal.must be that.' it makes it easier for them to blame it on something rather then sa