I love cereal! But with my diet I can't have any.LOL. I would think more of a "cereal" killer in your case. This is meant for Blunthead by the way.
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I love cereal! But with my diet I can't have any.LOL. I would think more of a "cereal" killer in your case. This is meant for Blunthead by the way.
Plus, such a person might decide they're drawn to it. Note: I say they decide that they are. They might assume the same things which too many people assume; that such literature is something it really isn't.All I can say is if anything happens to anyone in my family I am the one person they are going to be looking at. Since I have lots of horror books, books on serial killers, true crime DVDs and I regularly read historic or serial killers I have not heard of on the website tru-crime. Goodness knows the police will have a field day with all that stuff. But I will also say that if you are a person whose mind is out of kilter then this stuff can have an effect on you, not saying it justifies anything but there is the odd occasion when it will have played a part.
...so I have to floss and brush my avatar too?....Tartar starts when autocorrect misinterprets what you've actually typed when you meant to type "avatar".
...you have no avatar to brush......so I have to floss and brush my avatar too?....
...at least not in public......you have no avatar to brush...
Well, sure you've got that one, goes without saying... Goes in public sometimes if yer like me....at least not in public...
Oh. That was you. Sorry for calling the cops......age has a way of doing that...LOL....me?....I do it on purpose and then roll into a fetal position, screaming at non-existent gophers to quit groping me...
I AGREE, but to me it DEPENDS on what they are calling HEAVY METAL! I'm a ROCKER, & I like CERTAIN METAL, however I've HEARD some truly EVIL bands through the years, because I had FRIENDS that were into it! BELIEVE it or not, there were MANY EUROPEAN "metal" bands that ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE & EVIL! I can't speak for everyone, though I'm NOT perfect, I'm a CHRISTIAN, I used to have FRIENDS that WERE super FAR FROM GOOD!So there's news of a would-be school shooter being thwarted in Minnesota...
Police: Minnesota teen planned school massacre - CNN.com
Thank goodness someone alerted police and a tragedy was averted. But one passage in this article really stuck in my craw:
"In a photo, he can be seen picking an electric guitar with a skull on its shoulder strap; his preferred bands -- more than 190 of them in total -- are predominantly heavy metal.
His taste in movies is dominated by blood, gore, combat and fisticuffs. His favorite authors are Stephen King and the master of literary darkness, Edgar Allen Poe."
Ugh, really? Why is any of this stuff relevant to the news story? Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, and metal music are extremely popular forms of entertainment...just about every teen will have something "dark" if you look for it. By putting this part into the article, they are obviously implying that "dark" art and entertainment leads to violent or crazy behavior. Shame on the media for perpetuating this witch-hunt mentality!
I believe it. One needs be careful nowadays.I AGREE, but to me it DEPENDS on what they are calling HEAVY METAL! I'm a ROCKER, & I like CERTAIN METAL, however I've HEARD some truly EVIL bands through the years, because I had FRIENDS that were into it! BELIEVE it or not, there were MANY EUROPEAN "metal" bands that ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE & EVIL! I can't speak for everyone, though I'm NOT perfect, I'm a CHRISTIAN, I used to have FRIENDS that WERE super FAR FROM GOOD!
...dammit!....Oh. That was you. Sorry for calling the cops...
It's human nature to select a scapegoat. Watch out for blamers.I think people want to know WHY. They tend to latch onto convenient reasons--whether the reasons make sense or not--and go from there. Blaming Stephen King or rock music is convenient, especially if you are ignorant of what they really are.
John
No kidding! The computer police would have to break down my door and drag me away in handcuffs! (what would the neighbours say - oh my)Although the news article did mention John LaDue's taste in music, film and literature it also said....
If his Facebook page is any indicator, LaDue is partial to the dark side, and he "likes" assault rifles: the AK-101, Heckler & Koch SL8 and Steyr TMP.
and went on...
The teen idolized and studied the shooters responsible for the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, according to a statement of probable cause. He allegedly told police that he wanted to carry out his attack on April 20, the anniversary of the massacre, but that April 20 this year was Easter and school was not in session.
So to be fair this news report did not, in my opinion, blame his planned "crazy behaviour" solely on his choice of listening, reading or viewing material.
However, if the "establishment" did come to believe that premise, (that minds can be warped by the material we read ), then SKMB members would be in big trouble.
We'd all be rounded up, and "committed", to protect the public from our possible atrocities !
While these kids are usually mentally disturbed, some kids are also just morons who like to copy what gets attention. There was an horrific case in England recently where a teacher was stabbed to death in a classroom by a 15 year pupil, and within a week there have 2 plots by kids to kill thier teacher foiled by police - one of them was 2 10 or 11 year olds planning to poison a teacher with bleach.
While these kids are usually mentally disturbed, some kids are also just morons who like to copy what gets attention. There was an horrific case in England recently where a teacher was stabbed to death in a classroom by a 15 year pupil, and within a week there have 2 plots by kids to kill thier teacher foiled by police - one of them was 2 10 or 11 year olds planning to poison a teacher with bleach.