Should Heavy Metal Be Banned?

[ohiogrinder]

you people know Dave posts there, right?

 

[Hatebreeder]

People that are against Metal can't ever think of anything new. It's the same old tired argument.

That's because they usually know nothing about it. Same goes for anyone who knows little about any genre they hate.

 

[Narg n Lamb]

well then, let's ban rap for their poor musicianship. What more do you need for rap other then a single drum beat looped throughout the whole song and the inability to speak english?(this being mainstream rap today). Hell, you can make words up as you go!

 

[aqnimal]

Why don't we apply those arguments to hardcore/screamo/post-hardcore? They work just as well and I'm sure more people would be happy.

Or emo, or [c]rap, or pop, or country.

 

[aqnimal]

well then, let's ban rap for their poor musicianship. What more do you need for rap other then a single drum beat looped throughout the whole song and the inability to speak english?(this being mainstream rap today). Hell, you can make words up as you go!

AMEN!!!!

 

[Satanstoenail]

 

[Mort Divine]

Or emo, or [c]rap, or pop, or country.

Dumb ass.

well then, let's ban rap for their poor musicianship. What more do you need for rap other then a single drum beat looped throughout the whole song and the inability to speak english?(this being mainstream rap today). Hell, you can make words up as you go!

AMEN!!!!

Dumb asses.

 

[KevenZ]

Heavy Metal isn't even a genre anymore.... it was used back in the 80s but since then... metal has splitted into many new genres.

 

[aqnimal]

I said this in the topic about the Polish fundies, and I'll repeat it here because it equally applies here;

The morality and mental health Nazis really should have no role other than to publish their findings and publicize/publish their views and then let parents and ADULTS decide for themselves.

Using the government to force everyone to do "what's best for them" is totalitarianism. The only thing that prohibition has ever done is to make the banned item more expensive and its illegal suppliers rich.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Heavy Metal isn't even a genre anymore.... it was used back in the 80s but since then... metal has splitted into many new genres.

I usually apply the original term to the classic bands like Priest and Sabbath, but when talking about metal as a whole, I'll use it in that context to unify the genres.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

^^^^Childrengringer youve got issues.
As far as the bodybuilding thread they are just roid-heads that cannot think for themselves. Their weak attempts to back up lyrics issues went NO-where....fuck, the one dude thought Fade To Black were the deepest lyrics

hey, what the fuck man? bodybuilders are roid-heads that can't think for themselves? LOL you have any clue how hard bodybuilding is as a lifestyle? If we couldn't think for ourselves, you'd see us doing 10 LB dumbbell curls 3 times a week and some situps trying to get "toned" to look like Abercrombie and Fitch faggots.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Man... heavy metal is the greatest thing ever.

Maybe hell is a 24 hour metal concert. That though just makes me want to go an kick a priest in the shins...

Cool. I'm so tired it's like i'm fucking three...

 

[hibernal_dream]

If we couldn't think for ourselves, you'd see us doing 10 LB dumbbell curls 3 times a week and some situps trying to get "toned" to look like Abercrombie and Fitch faggots.

Or if you COULD think for yourselves you'd just put down the fucking weights.

I think we should ban bodybuilding.

Another awesome article wanting to ban metal http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/deathmetal.htm

 

[Narg n Lamb]

Dumb ass.





Dumb asses.

notice how I said mainstream rap...

 

[BlackMetalTyrant]

It sucks how people need a scapegoat, but will never blame shitty parents.

 

[Christ Illusion666]

Wow, what a bunch of fucks. Even if some metal is "Satanic", so what. In America (as of right now) we are allowed freedom of religion. Satanism is shunned because it is misunderstood, but still it IS noticed as a religion. If Stryper could sing about jesus, then Slayer can sing about Satan.
Negative? metal? Fuck man, if it werent for being able to blast "Scars of the Crucifix" or "Disciple" when I'm having one of those "out of my head" days, I probably would have done something very bad, very violent by now. The music actually calms me down. Take away my music and my right to listen to what I want then you might as well just shoot me in the head now because music is a major part of my life, as is those evil violent horror films that they will probably try to ban.
PS---HAIL SATAN!!!! \m/

 

[zoidberg]

Or if you COULD think for yourselves you'd just put down the fucking weights.

I think we should ban bodybuilding.

Another awesome article wanting to ban metal http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/deathmetal.htm

retard....

and christillusion666 thank you for the unprovoked satanic sermon

 

[hibernal_dream]

retard....

Actually you are for failing to recognize my sarcasm

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Or if you COULD think for yourselves you'd just put down the fucking weights.

I think we should ban bodybuilding.

what the fuck are you talking about? bodybuilding is something that I discovered on my own. It's not even popular activity at all. You are making it sound like everybody does it and I am just conforming to the norms. You have no idea the dedication, intensity and discipline required to succeed in bodybuilding.

 

[aqnimal]

I originally posted this on the World Metal Allaince's forum(the first one I ever posted in), and thought that it might be appropriate here.

People have been committing violent and homicidal acts since there's been people basically. If all it takes is a heavy metal, hell, any kind of song, movie, TV show, WHATEVER, to get a person to do something violent or psychotic, then I think that we can safely assume that the person was fucked in the head to begin with and would've pulled the crap anyway. After all, Malcolm McDowell's character in "A Clockwork Orange" was into Beethoven! Even if someone into Beethoven was to commit a heinous act in real life, I seriously doubt that too many people would be clamoring for orchestras to stop playing his work. Of course one can never be too sure with some of these "moral crusaders".

The people that accuse heavy metal of causing violent or otherwise socially unacceptable behavior often forget the music that they themselves grew up with. My grandparents kept getting told back in the 1920's that jazz was ruining America's morals and causing people to violate that "most wonderful and noble experiment" that we all know and love(NOT!) as Prohibition. My grandfather wouldn't let my aunt watch Elvis the first time that he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, saying that he was a bad influence.Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lee Lewis were basically the equivalent of heavy metal in their day, and people accused them of encouraging, among other things, juvenile delinquency and race mixing, and said that they should be locked up. Yet, we've done just about everything but make Elvis' birthday a national holiday! People bitched when the Beatles came over- my 6th Grade PE and Health teacher hated them because they brought back men wearing long hair. Us older headbangers definitely remember parents, teachers, priests, ministers, etc., griping about how Kiss, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, etc., were luring us toward Satan. The Principal of Central Junior High School(My junior high, 1976-1978) wouldn't let anyone wear Cheap Trick T-shirts because he said that Cheap Trick was the name of a prostitute! Like, GET A FUCKING GRIP PEOPLE!!! There are far, far bigger problems in this world than whether or not a certain band or music genre encourages whatever behavior.

If these anti-metal people somehow succeed in getting metal banned or restricted, I bet that they'd go after [c]rap music next for encouraging people to smoke crack, drink malt liquor, slap "ho's", pack 9's, and be "gangstas". Of course the outcry from the Black community would possibly be at least as potentially violent as it was over the 1992 Rodney King verdict.

After that, some of these "Public Crusader" types might feel encouraged go after country/western for encouraging adultery, drinking(I sure hope that nobody SERIOUSLY thinks that Garth Brooks' Friends In Low Places is about drinking lemonade- STRAIGHT!), beastiality("That thar sheep looks mighty hot Cletus"! "It sho' does, Billy Ray"!), or inbreeding("Ah bets I could git under them thar sheets with mah cousin Nelda Sue if ah gits her drunk enuff"), or even implying violence("I gots me sum respect wid dat dar shotgun rack in the back of mah pickup"). Hey, my old paper route boss(A Biblebanger) thought that EDDIE RABBIT(!!) was TOO RADICAL(heavy) for him! Imagine the outcry from country and western fans griping about censorship if that were to happen- something one doesn't currenly hear much about in country/western.

Pretty soon these self-appointed "Guardians of our Public Morality" could find or think up some reason to after children's music("Ernie and Bert encourage homosexuality!! HALLELUJAH!!!!"). Of course I'm sure that the Teletubbies would have the first priority on their hit list if that were to happen. As long as these sanctimonious, self righteous assfucks started with Barney and the Wiggles, THAT might not be so bad- I absolutely can't stand those characters!! Eventually these Biblethumpers, "Moral/Public Crusaders", and other assorted self-righteous fartknockers would find their way to getting rid of all classical and opera, until MAYBE only Gospel music(IF that) is allowed and everything else is banned, just like the Taliban did.

I wonder what would happen if there's ever a shooting where it turns out that the shooter was into country/western? I could see it now, people complaining that Garth Brooks, David Allan Coe, or Hank Williams Jr. are still playing after a fan shot up a place. Or maybe someone into teen pop like Bald Britney, Paris Hilton, or Justin Timberlake? After all, they make me want to commit violence- against them! But no, it seems like metal is always the scapegoat when someone blows a gasket.