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[emmelinemay]

Now the Daily Mail can no longer blame Goths for everything, they've switched targets.

The headline: Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo

Some choice quotes:

'emo' - part of a sinister teenage craze that romanticises death.

Some describe it as a cult or a sect[...]its followers dress in black, favouring tight jeans, T-shirts, studded belts and sneakers or skater shoes.

emo followers all over the world, talking about death and of the "black parade" — a place where emos believe they go after they die.

full article here

There always has to be a scapegoat, doesn't there?

I wonder which music genre is responsible for the teen knife killings.

Comments

[spoox.livejournal.com]

>I wonder which music genre is responsible for the teen knife >killings.

Rap, R&B and anything in the charts.

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

When I read that article a while ago for the first time I was literally shaking with rage.
It's never allowed to be a case of teenagers hurting genuinely, is it? This is similar to the reaction of my parents to my depression when I was younger. We still can't really talk about it.

[smogo.livejournal.com]

"American bands such as... Blink 182 are particular favourites.


Some emos yesterday

[yaruar.livejournal.com]

i though the memo had been circulated to everyone that Rap and Computer Games were to blame for violence against others whereas goth and emo were only responsible for violence against the self.

clearly i need to resend the email to middle england lest they forget.

Edit: I almost forgot that we must remember the exception to the second rule whereby any mass murders or murders with implied ritualistic elements are the fault of Metal.

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

I particularly like the bit about "the black parade is a place all emos believe they go when they die"

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

Teen knife murders are typically black-on-black, so it would be UTTERLY RACIST and ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE to ascribe it to the music of young black people.

[jez-alone.livejournal.com]

I commented on the page. The insensitivity of this article makes me want to vomit. So close after Sophie to vilify yet another group of people who dare to be different.

As you say - perhaps the parents should look at the root cause of why their child was depressed, self harming, etc. It's easy to blame the music...why the hell should we look at ourselves and try to see if we have anything to do with it?

I am so angry, I want to spit, vomit, hit someone and hug an emo all at once.

slightly off topic, but....

[button-quail.livejournal.com]

Following the behaviour of football fans in Manchester this week - I did wonder whether had this level of violence and criminal damage been exhibited by fans of a particular band...lets say an emo band for argument's sake..the authorities would seek to ban said band from playing. Ever.

Interesting how actual violence is committed by one "group" repeatedly, all over the country, and somehow it's acceptable, even expected of them, (or so it seems judging by the Police presence around football matches). We even get cries of "Police brutality!""!?!! wtf!!

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

>>I wonder which music genre is responsible for the teen knife killings

Oh, this week it's GTA IV that's responsible.

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