"Marilyn Manson inspired" school shooter dies

According to the Associated Press, the student at the centre of the "Marilyn Manson inspired" school shooting at Cut Off Middle School in Louisiana passed away at Terrebonne General Medical Center last Saturday (May 23).

15-year-old Justin Doucet is alleged to have walked into a seventh-grade English class shortly before 9AM on May 19 and fired a gun belonging to his father at a teacher's head before turning the weapon on himself.

Pupil Coley Gaspard, 14, told press that the gunman ordered the teacher to say "Hail Marilyn Manson", before discharging the gun above her head. The teacher escaped unharmed.

This is not the first time that the press have used Manson as a scapegoat for school violence. In April 1999, the vocalist was subject to blame in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre, in Littleton, Colorado. Two students - Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) - claimed the lives of 13 people and injured a further 21 students in April 1999, before committing suicide. Hysterical press reports suggested that the pair were inspired to go on a murdering spree after listening to Manson's albums.

Manson's new album, The High End Of Low, is out now.


Posted by Dan at 11:59AM | May 27, 2009
thats silly.

Nowhere in any of Mansons albums does it say 'go on a killing spree at your school' just because he or she or whoever listens to Mansons music he gets blamed. its all stupid to be honest.

Posted by Katie Tomlinson | May 27, 2009 12:44 PM | Reply to this
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thats silly.

actually in the new manson album "high end of low" in the song Blank and White, Manson says "Shoot up the Mall, The School, or whoever wants to fight." now I don't think Manson is to blame for this tragedy. I hate how the media blames everything on movies, music, etc. but I just thought it was weird that manson says that in the new album. oh well.

Posted by mm | June 8, 2009 8:50 PM | Reply to this
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i srsly think the boy that said he forced the teacher to say hail mm, is lying... i dont know why people hate MM, he is the best...

Posted by go MM | May 27, 2009 12:48 PM | Reply to this
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marilyn manson inspired

how many times do people have to try to attach blame for somebody killing somebody on a performer. Sadly this is totally ridiculous.
Now if he was older student and attending college like the students in england and had been experiencing problems with getting their EMA for 4 months. He might have an excuse for being ticked off.

Posted by sandy | May 27, 2009 1:01 PM | Reply to this
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Stop him!

Again, further proof Manson has to be stopped. He is a terrible person with a profoundly negative affect on everyone he or his music comes into contact with.

Posted by Bob Saget | May 27, 2009 1:24 PM | Reply to this
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NOPE!!

you dont know what youre talking about you ignerent peice of mainstream trash, you simply dont like manson so you blame him for things, why dont youi just crawl in a hole and ROT!!!

Posted by Joey | May 27, 2009 2:06 PM | Reply to this
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NOPE!!

I agree with Bob,
Manson is a parasite. a cancer.

I don't think Bob's opinion makes him an "ignerent peice of mainstream trash", typical little emo's, someone disagree's with them so they must be CONFORMIST!?
I especially don't get the "mainstream" bit, Manson is mainstream, he's pop, not liking him doesn't make you mainstream

Posted by alan | May 27, 2009 3:14 PM | Reply to this
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hahaha.. seriously?!

hahaha u did not just seriously call a mm fan EMO did u!?! jesus christ no pun intended lmfao) His music and appearence is just a matter of interpritation. u think u can judge him and his fans by their views and music?! i suggest you read his autobiography, please just never insult a fellow fan lyk myself with the pharse "emo"
Ucan piss off and die already.. MM rocks

Posted by tate | May 27, 2009 3:22 PM | Reply to this
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Manson

He is actually a very well spoken guy. if you watch the interview he has with o'reilly then you can truly understand what he's about.

Posted by Amir | May 30, 2009 2:48 PM | Reply to this
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RE:Stop him!

you are an idiot. if you do even know the difference between 'effect' and 'affect', you views cannot be held in very high regard. i say this as a man for whom english is a third language. you interpret marilyn manson as negative because you are short-sighted and do not see the irony in his work. you have a dull, pathetic, uninteresting view, and you can suck my ____ (insert word)

Posted by okocha | May 28, 2009 12:52 AM | Reply to this
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When will they leave Manson alone?

Once again Manson gets the blame, the media are useless wankers!
The 2 gunmen who went on the killing spree in columbine, didn't listen to Manson.
Maybe these kids did it, because their parents fucked them up.

Posted by Duffman | May 27, 2009 1:31 PM | Reply to this
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WTF

So these kids are inspired by his well known single ' Go on a killing spree in your school'? Fucking media, why can't people just accept that MM are just a band that make awesome music. And Manson himself is a fairly normal person who only acts weird as a gimmick.

Posted by casper | May 27, 2009 1:50 PM | Reply to this
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WTF?!

So if i decided that i had enough and shot myself in the head, would that be Mansons fault as well? I swear they are just trying to find things to blame on him!!! It's so unfair.

Posted by Scarlett O'Hara | May 27, 2009 1:59 PM | Reply to this
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rubbish!!!

thats BULL!!, music doesnt make people kill, thats like sayin watching a movie in which someone jusps off a building makes people do it, im sick of manson bein discriminated because of his image, thats all it is people dont like his image. its just mainstream society trying to throw the blame on someone they dont like, im sick of it, people need to stop blaming our people and take a look in a mirror and think hard about what they are gunna say about people.

Joey.

Posted by Joey | May 27, 2009 2:02 PM | Reply to this
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Mm is still a scumbag

Posted by Nick Creatore | May 27, 2009 2:31 PM | Reply to this
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get a life, quit hating and get off this page! if u dnt like manson, why waste ur time and effort commenting about him, just shut the fuck up in future.

Posted by tate | May 27, 2009 3:16 PM | Reply to this
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Ohh Nick, you're so hot!!!

Posted by Jessica Ferguson | January 9, 2010 6:33 PM | Reply to this
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I remember when Ozzy was the bad guy and was blamed for all things tragic. Now he is a beloved piece of american pop culture. How did that happen??? I was told he was evil!!
That is americans for you. Always wanting to blame someone else.

Posted by wingnut | May 27, 2009 2:58 PM | Reply to this
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this is stupid

if this kid was stupid enough to fo this shit then, no offence, but it is no great loss to humanity. Manson has never said kill people at your school, he is an artist and a work of art. his music is all about selfexpresion and indeviduality. Not murder. It always has been and always will be this way. manson will always be the scapegoat for their mistakes.

Posted by tate | May 27, 2009 3:14 PM | Reply to this
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this is stupid

if this kid was stupid enough to fo this shit then, no offence, but it is no great loss to humanity. Manson has never said kill people at your school, he is an artist and a work of art. his music is all about selfexpresion and indeviduality. Not murder. It always has been and always will be this way. manson will always be the scapegoat for their mistakes.

Posted by tate | May 27, 2009 3:14 PM | Reply to this
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TBF.

We can hardly blame MM for any of these tragic shootings as he has never actually told anybody to kill people or condoned it in any of his lyrics. However, some of the warped bull shit he spouts, for whatever reason, is hardly going to have a posotive effect! Throwing knives at peoples' vaginas? Thats just sick. And all the fucked up crap he owns like the skeletons and nazi memorabilia. It would be fair to say that his image IS that of a homicidal maniac.

Posted by CHLOE. | May 27, 2009 3:15 PM | Reply to this
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TBF.

We can hardly blame MM for any of these tragic shootings as he has never actually told anybody to kill people or condoned it in any of his lyrics. However, some of the warped bull shit he spouts, for whatever reason, is hardly going to have a posotive effect! Throwing knives at peoples' vaginas? Thats just sick. And all the fucked up crap he owns like the skeletons and nazi memorabilia. It would be fair to say that his image IS that of a homicidal maniac.

Posted by CHLOE. | May 27, 2009 3:18 PM | Reply to this
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If it isen't my chemical romance getting blamed for mking people comitting suicide, then its has to be MM getting blamed for influencing people to murder the public.

Posted by robert | May 27, 2009 5:27 PM | Reply to this
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They aren't singleing him out due to his lyrics... It's because he is an easy scapegoat. His lyrics are very political lyrics however they are very suggestuve lyrics. But at the end of the day, Government figures have said neither Manson or his Lyrics provoke violence in young people. Perhaps before you lot start mouthing off at how stupid people are for balming Manson you should a bit of background on why he gets the blame.

Posted by Sam | May 27, 2009 5:41 PM | Reply to this
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i really dont get how things like this can be blamed on music...

Posted by rachael | May 27, 2009 7:51 PM | Reply to this
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IDEA!!

blame the fucking Jonas Brothers

Posted by casper | May 27, 2009 8:16 PM | Reply to this
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IDEA!!

Fair point actually.

Nothing makes me want to Murder/Suicide more than Disney crap.

Posted by Adam | May 27, 2009 8:46 PM | Reply to this
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Manson had nothing to do with the columbine killings anyways, the killers said marilyn manson sucks , it even said that in one issue of Kerrang I believe.

Posted by Rebecca | May 27, 2009 8:43 PM | Reply to this
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yeah man, I read an article by a South African government official on mental health into wether manson influenced a guy to kill people with a samurai sword. He said no it didn't he saw no link from music to violence in any intance and the now apply his findings to many cases like this

Posted by Sam | May 29, 2009 4:37 PM | Reply to this
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Manson had nothing to do with the columbine killings anyways, the killers said marilyn manson sucks , it even said that in one issue of Kerrang I believe.

Posted by Rebecca | May 27, 2009 8:43 PM | Reply to this
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WHY?

What has marilyn manson got to do with someone walking into a school and shooting people? The answer....nothing?? So why are they blamed for it? Because someone (in the media's eyes) has to be blamed... and it can't be an 'innocent' child can it??

Posted by sophie | May 27, 2009 9:15 PM | Reply to this
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Nice one XD

But nah I love Manson really, he's a great guy. But I find it hilarious when people take the music that seriously.

Let us know how the guy died though? I'm intrigued.

Posted by Loz | May 27, 2009 9:31 PM | Reply to this
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i really feel sorry for manson man, he all ways gets the blame!

Posted by james | May 27, 2009 9:49 PM | Reply to this
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Music Saves Lives And Doesn't Take Them.
He got me out of deep depression.
Well, his music did atleast.

Yeah Thats Right, He Saved My Life.
That Man You All Hate, And His Band.

They Are Amazing, And To Be Honest, The Gunman betrayed himself doing this stupid act of violence.

Posted by matthew Fern | May 27, 2009 9:52 PM | Reply to this
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This is so stupid. This is probably the only thing that him and MCR have in common: they both get blamed for encouraging people to take lives. I might not like Manson, but that's just my opinion. This rubbish is just the media's opinion when they don't do their homework. Notice that if there's ever a school shooting and the kid likes Britney, that's never mentioned.
Music isn't what makes you kill people or kill yourself; it gets you out of it. If you're gonna do something like that then it's already in your head to do it, whatever music you listen to.
I say this not for Manson, but for music in general. Rock music, no matter what stupid sub-tags its put under, always get crap for stuff like this. But even if the media are stupid where this is concerned, we as the listeners and the ones who have been helped know what the real meanings are, and that, in the end, counts enough.
Long live music that means something!!!

Posted by Emma | May 27, 2009 10:14 PM | Reply to this
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Good

Atleast he didnt take any innocent lives in his gun totting.

Posted by Rich | May 27, 2009 11:45 PM | Reply to this
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You know, if they'd just arm the teachers, we'd have none of these students shooting up their schools, would we?
And student indiscipline would also plummet.

Posted by Gorgar | May 27, 2009 11:53 PM | Reply to this
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Did anyone watch the documentary on BBC2 on tuesday called "Going Postal"?

It was about people in the USA going on shooting sprees. Amazingly they didn't mention Marilyn Manson - all of the "shooters" were just messed up in the head; one of them hadn't taken his medication and went and killed a load of his work colleagues. One of the main problems is that it's so easy to get guns in the USA.

One 14 year old kid founds the keys to his best friends dads gun locker, took 5 guns, went to his school and shot dead 3 girls.

If Manson was such a threat then why haven't the FBI or CIA banned him?

Remember, in the words of Goldie Lookin' Chain: "Guns don't kill people, rappers do!"

Posted by MPD | May 28, 2009 1:35 AM | Reply to this
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this isn't blaming Manson...

In fact this shouldn't have even been posted because it's kind of insulting the kid beyond his death.... after he failed to shoot the teacher , he shoots himself. wow, what a winner. That's an epic failure. Not saying what he did was right...but if you're gonna do it....DO IT RIGHT!!

honestly I just laughed after reading this. I wouldn't normally laugh over morbid stuff, but this one got me. it looks as if kids are getting dumber these days. But Manson himself has already covered this.....WHERE'S MOM AND DAD?? Quit leaving the TV to raise your kids.

Posted by Patrick | May 28, 2009 7:06 AM | Reply to this
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MM - shootings

So it is quite obvius MM gets blamed for a lot of things and to a certain extent some would agree. Those intelligent enough and well sane enough who listen to his music wouldn't ever dream of going on some sort of killing spree. However, those who aren't quite all there in the head could interpret his music in the wrong way and it could possibly influence those people to do something awful like this shooting. I'd agree he isn't to 'blame' and his music may not be the cause of this sort of thing but that doesn't mean it's not a contributing factor.

Posted by Woah calm down guys... | May 28, 2009 9:13 AM | Reply to this
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What The Fuck

Im sorry but this is just so stupid..
becaue manson actualy has th guts to stand up and write his music about issues he thinks should e adressed he gets labled as a bad person.. hes an inspiration to anyone who wnats to stand up to a world that is becoming controlled by media and the givernment.. ... this is absolutley absurd and i would hapily say hail MM

Posted by Lel | May 28, 2009 10:07 AM | Reply to this
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Yet Again...

Once more Marylin Manson has been blamed for a school shooting. This is yet another example of the right-wing of America refusing to acknowledge the problems and faults within their own society. . This is just like when Judas Priest were accused of much the same thing, or Korn, or Iron Maiden simply for using the '666' logan on ONE song 25 years ago!
Instead of trying to address whatever is wrong (ie make moves to reduce the availability of guns, or find out why so many school-children feel so alienated) they blame the problem on Rock music, or failing that they use Satan as the reason! The longer they treat the problem in this way, then the more these type of events will continue to happen-as has been proven in the years since Columbine...

Posted by josh bell | May 28, 2009 10:12 AM | Reply to this
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i dislike marylin manson and his music, but i dont think he's to blame for this at all. i mean his music doesnt tell people to go on killing spree's.... does it? just because a phyco kid has issues and does something sick like this... doesn't make it mansons fault. as much as i dont like him, this isn't his fault.

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i dislike marylin manson and his music, but i dont think he's to blame for this at all. i mean his music doesnt tell people to go on killing spree's.... does it? just because a phyco kid has issues and does something sick like this... doesn't make it mansons fault. as much as i dont like him, this isn't his fault.

Posted by karrrl :D | May 28, 2009 11:34 AM | Reply to this
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Marilyn Manson isn't to blame. The kid the shooting is to blame, obviously. The kid ordered his teacher to say "Hail Marilyn Manson", so there is obviously some sort of connection.

Marilyn Manson obviously doesn't say "GO TO YOUR SCHOOL AND SHOOT PEOPLE!" but the perpetrator in this instance was influenced by MM, possibly due to misinterpretation, or simple delusion.

The media aren't just laying the blame on MM for no reason - his name was used by the gunman in the middle of his attack and the media have responded to this.

Posted by Dr. Hero van Wildebeest | May 28, 2009 12:49 PM | Reply to this
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MM was asked what he would have said to those boys and you know what he said. He said "I Wouldn't Have said anything I would have Listened". I think that although with such a provocative media that we have today of course he is going to get blamed. For example he was blamed when two of the boys weren't even MM fans and just wore make up like him. I think that although you could say that his music made them do it there ae thousands of MM fans and do they do it, no, you have to be pretty messed up already if a song makes you do anything like that.

Posted by The Correct One | May 28, 2009 2:57 PM | Reply to this
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The real tragedy is, where are the robot teachers who are capable of exterminating manson fans, or for that matter the emo clowns, rap fans, etc?

1999 has come and gone, and still no robot teachers? Woe be us, technology has failed us once more!

Posted by Thor Sigurdsson | May 28, 2009 3:07 PM | Reply to this
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Lol

Lol

Posted by The Correct One | May 28, 2009 3:22 PM | Reply to this
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That film sucked. :p

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Absolute Nonsense.

How on earth does that work? How come artists can be blamed for that!? It's not like he said "go on a killing spree!" is it? I don't even like the band, or the man for that matter. But the fact that a musician can be blamed for that is utterly ridiculous! My boyfriend listens to Marylin Manson, and no, he's not a serial killer. Idiots.

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Oh blubber tits! how annoying why is it that the media in America blame MM? Does America not understand that actually its thier fault because there the stupid fools who allow people to register for a gun and therefore the parents should have more control over where they put the lethal weapons in the first place. The boy is obviously a head case therefore blame the parents not Mailyn Manson and where does He even sing about going into a school and shoot yourself? or go into a school and have a raging shoot em up?

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Oh blubber tits! how annoying why is it that the media in America blame MM? Does America not understand that actually its thier fault because there the stupid fools who allow people to register for a gun and therefore the parents should have more control over where they put the lethal weapons in the first place. The boy is obviously a head case therefore blame the parents not Mailyn Manson and where does He even sing about going into a school and shoot yourself? or go into a school and have a raging shoot em up?

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Oh blubber tits! how annoying why is it that the media in America blame MM? Does America not understand that actually its thier fault because there the stupid fools who allow people to register for a gun and therefore the parents should have more control over where they put the lethal weapons in the first place. The boy is obviously a head case therefore blame the parents not Mailyn Manson and where does He even sing about going into a school and shoot yourself? or go into a school and have a raging shoot em up?

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Haters

Fuck All Of You That Think You Can Use Manson As A Scapegoat.
Fuck All Of You Who Agree Manson Should Be Stopped.
Anyone Who Agrees With The Press.. Must Be Killed Slowly And Painfully.

Posted by Snofif | May 28, 2009 6:17 PM | Reply to this
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people have got to stop blaming manson for peoples death its not like he told them to go and do this hes not responcible for any of this

Posted by Misa | May 28, 2009 8:15 PM | Reply to this
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ummm

so ok someone has a stick up thier ass about metal music and yet again blames the nearest metal star so that they can justify thier bible bashing crusade

Posted by pixie | May 28, 2009 8:44 PM | Reply to this
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RE Manson

Its not just Manson, Slipknot and Linkin Park have had this kind of thing blamed on them too!

Posted by Danny | May 28, 2009 8:53 PM | Reply to this
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This is stupid!

How can Marilyn Manson be blamed?!?! Just because they listen to his music doesn't mean they did it because of him! Christ, I listen to Marilyn Manson but never feel the urge to go out and kill people because of it! It has nothing to do with the music they listen to! They are just sick in the head! And as Katie said he has no songs that say to go killing people at school!

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This is stupid!

How can Marilyn Manson be blamed?!?! Just because they listen to his music doesn't mean they did it because of him! Christ, I listen to Marilyn Manson but never feel the urge to go out and kill people because of it! It has nothing to do with the music they listen to! They are just sick in the head! And as Katie said he has no songs that say to go killing people at school!

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Gey your Gunn!!!

...just wanted to say that. :/

Posted by Patrick | May 29, 2009 11:09 PM | Reply to this
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Get*

xcuse me

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MM

MM is shit nd a load of bull crap so im glad he might get stopped as he is a twat

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MM

He will never get stopped thank god, if he was it would be the end of everything and your freedom to type on here, if he cant say shit then why should you be able to? so feel free to campaign to ban a person or whatever your stupid plan is but all it will achieve is less rights for you

Posted by Owen | June 2, 2009 10:41 PM | Reply to this
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marilyn manson

its getting past the point of rediculous blaiming MM for school killings u cant blaim school violence or any other type of violence on mansons music ARMA-GOD-DAMB-MOTHERFUCKIN-GEDDON

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