I agree with you there, but what you're failing to see is that this music is only promoting them to think about commiting suicide or they're just going to become even more depressed.
As a listener to that kind of music, I can safely say that it has not caused me to commit suicide, being that I'm alive and typing this.
But is there proof that the individual songs are directly linked to individual acts? Here's what I'm talking about: Gloomy Sunday is an example of a song that is banned from the BBC airwaves. It was written quite a few decades ago and is considered responsible for a number of suicides. Keep in mind that the word 'suicide' isn't even mentioned in the song.
With all due respect to Evanescence, I don't see any notorious record of their songs that would be a legitimate excuse for bannination.
Maybe you aren't a violent person, but they were, and the fact that they listened to KMFDM and Rammstein will probably only lead people to beleive that that played a part, no matter how big or small, on why they had the shooting in the first place.
There are no KMFDM songs or Rammstein songs that have "Shoot up your school and kill yourself" as their lyrics, just so you know. I can think of a hundred groups more violent than those two that aren't blamed for violence.
Like karinablack said, kids that are exposed to violent music lyrics are more likely to express aggressive thoughts and hostile feelings.
Like I said, then those responsible adults around them should keep that in mind.
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Date: 2006-02-26 12:56 am (UTC)As a listener to that kind of music, I can safely say that it has not caused me to commit suicide, being that I'm alive and typing this.
But is there proof that the individual songs are directly linked to individual acts? Here's what I'm talking about:
Gloomy Sunday is an example of a song that is banned from the BBC airwaves. It was written quite a few decades ago and is considered responsible for a number of suicides. Keep in mind that the word 'suicide' isn't even mentioned in the song.
With all due respect to Evanescence, I don't see any notorious record of their songs that would be a legitimate excuse for bannination.
Maybe you aren't a violent person, but they were, and the fact that they listened to KMFDM and Rammstein will probably only lead people to beleive that that played a part, no matter how big or small, on why they had the shooting in the first place.
There are no KMFDM songs or Rammstein songs that have "Shoot up your school and kill yourself" as their lyrics, just so you know.
I can think of a hundred groups more violent than those two that aren't blamed for violence.
Like karinablack said, kids that are exposed to violent music lyrics are more likely to express aggressive thoughts and hostile feelings.
Like I said, then those responsible adults around them should keep that in mind.
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