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Quote by: bishop  i was flipping through the channels a week or two ago and stumbled on bowling for columbine.. i thought most of it was garbage, but the interview with marilyn manson was exceptional imo - as were his thoughts. (despite the guy's *different* exterior, he's a very intelligent person.) |
The first time I heard Gene Simmons speaking, it was on an interview with Ben Stein on his short lived talk show on Comedy Central, I was similarly amazed. The whole Kiss thing was just Gene's idea on a way to make money (and pick up chicks) off the culture of the late '70s, and make money he did (along with a lot of chicks). The man is actually extremely brilliant so hearing such about Marilyn Manson is not a surprise at all.
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Quote by: bishop he made this statement in relation to the media's spin on the columbine tragedy. but, the context of the statement really seems to characterize much of what i view as wrong with people in our country.
when i see the debates here covering everything from religion, who you're voting for, supporting wars of aggression, etc., they all seem to have relevance to m.m.'s statement. |
Which all ties into the recent shootings in Nebraska (and most every other example we can come up with). There are a lot of people who are going to make it an issue of guns, but, is that the real problem?
This kid was "socialized" in government schools, as many say all children should be. He was heavily medicated by directive of the state because of his behavior. In fact, I have heard that he had been made a "ward of the state".
Chances are, the "socialization" he underwent was to be a victim. As I've said elsewhere, socialization in government schools means you're a bully, a victim or a nobody. Virtually all of these people have been the victims in such "socialization".
And, of course, when they fail to be protected from the bullies by the government schools that are supposed to make us all "equal", some of these kids lash out.
Columbine, Virginia Tech, Omaha, virtually every shooting by the 16-20 year old kids fits the exact same pattern.
Of course, everyone wants to blame the guns (and, especially Michael Moore), because our government schools couldn't have any culpability.
Keith