Society Points Guns and Fingers
A few months ago, in Littleton, CO, two students performed a heinous massacre at their high school. Incidents like these seem to be on the rise, and naturally, people are looking for answers. And too often, fingers are pointed at rocker Marilyn Manson. Marilyn Manson's music takes a look at himself and our culture. It often questions the values of American Christianity. It is often angry about the state of the world as he seesit. It does NOT advocate murder. It does not advocate violence. It advocates honesty. Marilyn Manson is not to blame for tragedies such as the one at Littleton. Instead, a look at what may be wrong with our family structure, our systems of education, or our selves would be more appropriate. The murderers from Littleton were into "gothic" music such as Marilyn Manson. They wore black, and were outcasts in their school. So What?. So did I. But I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE. The common "goth" kid usually is looking for a group to fit in. They don't particularly like the activities that the 'athletic' kids take part of (namely drinking heavily after games and beating each other to a pulp). These kids are looking for more out of life. Many are artists - musici
"Over six months ago I filmed a video for the song 'Coma White,' in which and JFK who have died at the hands of mankind's unquenchable thirst for activists. "The media has unfairly scapegoated the music industry and so-called Goth kids, and has speculated - with no basis in truth - that artists like myself are in some way to blame. This tragedy was a product of ignorance, hatred, and an access to guns." is in no way a mockery. In fact, it is a tribute to men like Jesus Christ originally imagined. This video is inspired by my script 'Holywood' and it Manson's music is criticized for being to violent and vulgar. Manson protesters have called his music Satanic and have labeled him as the Antichrist (Manson claims he is the "all-American Antichrist" in his album "Antichrist Superstar", referring to his goal to bring down American Christianity for it's hypocrisy). Manson is an ordained minister of the Church of Satan. His view of Satanism, however, values a Nietzchean sense of an inner God and individuality. When he talks about destruction, he is speaking of a movement against the sheep-herd mentality of modern religion. He uses the word Satan to refer to our dark side, which he believes is just as much a part of us as our
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