Heavy Metal Band blamed for inspiring schoolboy stabbing

[WANDERER]

LOL at preying for people in turmoil ; )

[dazed-and-confused]

LOL...thanks wanderer...yep ..pretty bad typo

[Fiannan]

Originally Posted by RachelleDrew

I believe they were into KMFDM, but I don't remember for sure. But yeah, it's not as easy to put Sacha, or even Tim Skold for that matter, on the cover of an American magazine because most people in the US don't know who they are.

There is always a level of influence, this is true. But we don't cut slack to people who molest children, even though there is a fair chance they were molested themselves as a kid.

In my opinion, several things need to be done, and banishing metal bands is not one of those things. I know that for me growing up, music was an outlet that actually kept me from committing a violent act like this.

FIRST OF ALL, teach your children some fricken' compassion. Kids are brutal, and a lot of adults who are aware of it turn a blind eye to it. I know very few people who can stand being tormented day in and day out without lashing out somehow.

Oh, here's one; PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR KIDS. I don't understand how parents could not notice that their kid is all of a sudden reading "The Anarchist Cookbook" like it's the bible and stowing away explosives and guns in their bedroom.

On another note, has our educational system gone so far down the drain that kids cannot recognize the basic symbolism and satire that exists in most music? It's art, not reality. I wasn't the brightest crayon in the box at 16 years old, but even I knew that lyrics represented fantasy, not the world I was actually living in and thus couldn't be taken seriously.

I'm trying to think of what was popular when I was a kid...Limp Bizkit? Lol, the only person their music inspired me to kill was Fred Durst for being such a tool and a bad musician.

Thumbs up!

[debi56]

I believe people are responsible for their own actions but I also feel that the entertainment business has a responsibility to the people that listen to them. I know that sex, drugs, crime etc. sells for people but isn't this also part of the reason we aren't supposed to watch R- rated movies?
I am sure that boy was already disturbed and should not be able to use a scapegoat but at the same time, these idiots that create the music and movies need to think about what kind of an influence they have on our youth.