-Caveat Lector-
This from another list, but interesting. Do the media/politicians need to
scapegoat SOMEONE for what, in essence is a random act of criminal
behaviour??? ANd one that can't easily be blamed on ANY one factor???
Hmmmmmmmm...
Bill.
>>>>>
> Here's Marilyn's statement about Littleton...very thoughtful, wouldn't
you
> say?
>
> I had no idea he had a brain!!
>
> ~Marcus
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > >It is sad to think that the first few people on earth needed no books,
> > >movies, games or music to inspire cold-blooded murder. The day that
> Cain
> > >bashed his brother Abel's brains in, the only motivation he needed was
> > his
> > >own human disposition to violence. Whether you interpret the Bible as
> > >literature or as the final word of whatever God may be, Christianity
> has
> > >given us an image of death and sexuality that we have based our
culture
> > >around. A half-naked dead man hangs in most homes and around our
necks,
> > and
> > >we have just taken that for granted all our lives. Is it a symbol of
> hope
> > or
> > >hopelessness? The world's most famous murder-suicide was also the
birth
> > of
> > >the death icon -- the blueprint for celebrity. Unfortunately, for all
> of
> > >their inspiring morality, nowhere in the Gospels is intelligence
> praised
> > as
> > >a virtue.
> > >A lot of people forget or never realize that I started my band as a
> > >criticism of these very issues of despair and hypocrisy. The name
> Marilyn
> > >Manson has never celebrated the sad fact that America puts killers on
> the
> > >cover of Time magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite
> > movie
> > >stars. From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their
> > inception,
> > >have turned criminals into folk heroes. They just created two new ones
> > when
> > >they plastered those dipshits Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris' pictures
> on
> > the
> > >front of every newspaper. Don't be surprised if every kid who gets
> pushed
> > >around has two new idols.
> > >We applaud the creation of a bomb whose sole purpose is to destroy all
> of
> > >mankind, and we grow up watching our president's brains splattered all
> > over
> > >Texas. Times have not become more violent. They have just become more
> > >televised. Does anyone think the Civil War was the least bit civil? If
> > >television had existed, you could be sure they would have been there
to
> > >cover it, or maybe even participate in it, like their violent car
chase
> > of
> > >Princess Di. Disgusting vultures looking for corpses, exploiting,
> > fucking,
> > >filming and serving it up for our hungry appetites in a gluttonous
> > display
> > >of endless human stupidity.
> > >When it comes down to who's to blame for the high school murders in
> > >Littleton, Colorado, throw a rock and you'll hit someone who's guilty.
> > We're
> > >the people who sit back and tolerate children owning guns, and we're
> the
> > >ones who tune in and watch the up-to-the-minute details of what they
do
> > with
> > >them. I think it's terrible when anyone dies, especially if it is
> someone
> > >you know and love. But what is more offensive is that when these
> > tragedies
> > >happen, most people don't really care any more than they would about
> the
> > >season finale of Friends or The Real World. I was dumbfounded as I
> > watched
> > >the media snake right in, not missing a teardrop, interviewing the
> > parents
> > >of dead children, televising the funerals. Then came the witch hunt.
> > >Man's greatest fear is chaos. It was unthinkable that these kids did
> not
> > >have a simple black-and-white reason for their actions. And so a
> > scapegoat
> > >was needed. I remember hearing the initial reports from Littleton,
that
> > >Harris and Klebold were wearing makeup and were dressed like Marilyn
> > Manson,
> > >whom they obviously must worship, since they were dressed in black. Of
> > >course, speculation snowballed into making me the poster boy for
> > everything
> > >that is bad in the world. These two idiots weren't wearing makeup, and
> > they
> > >weren't dressed like me or like goths. Since Middle America has not
> heard
> > of
> > >the music they did listen to (KMFDM and Rammstein, among others), the
> > media
> > >picked something they thought was similar.
> > >Responsible journalists have reported with less publicity that Harris
> and
> > >Klebold were not Marilyn Manson fans -- that they even disliked my
> music.
> > >Even if they were fans, that gives them no excuse, nor does it mean
> that
> > >music is to blame. Did we look for James Huberty's inspiration when he
> > >gunned down people at McDonald's? What did Timothy McVeigh like to
> watch?
> > >What about David Koresh, Jim Jones? Do you think entertainment
inspired
> > Kip
> > >Kinkel, or should we blame the fact that his father bought him the
guns
> > he
> > >used in the Springfield, Oregon, murders? What inspires Bill Clinton
to
> > blow
> > >people up in Kosovo? Was it something that Monica Lewinsky said to
him?
> > >Isn't killing just killing, regardless if it's in Vietnam or
Jonesboro,
> > >Arkansas? Why do we justify one, just because it seems to be for the
> > right
> > >reasons? Should there ever be a right reason? If a kid is old enough
to
> > >drive a car or buy a gun, isn't he old enough to be held personally
> > >responsible for what he does with his car or gun? Or if he's a
> teenager,
> > >should someone else be blamed because he isn't as enlightened as an
> > >eighteen-year-old?
> > >America loves to find an icon to hang its guilt on. But, admittedly, I
> > have
> > >assumed the role of Antichrist; I am the Nineties voice of
> individuality,
> > >and people tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently
> > with
> > >illegal or immoral activity. Deep down, most adults hate people who go
> > >against the grain. It's comical that people are naive enough to have
> > >forgotten Elvis, Jim Morrison and Ozzy so quickly. All of them were
> > >subjected to the same age-old arguments, scrutiny and prejudice. I
> wrote
> > a
> > >song called "Lunchbox," and some journalists have interpreted it as a
> > song
> > >about guns. Ironically, the song is about being picked on and fighting
> > back
> > >with my Kiss lunch box, which I used as a weapon on the playground. In
> > 1979,
> > >metal lunch boxes were banned because they were considered dangerous
> > weapons
> > >in the hands of delinquents. I also wrote a song called "Get Your
> Gunn."
> > The
> > >title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the
> > murder
> > >of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists
> while
> > I
> > >was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing
> up:
> > >that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life."
> > >The somewhat positive messages of these songs are usually the ones
that
> > >sensationalists misinterpret as promoting the very things I am
> decrying.
> > >Right now, everyone is thinking of how they can prevent things like
> > >Littleton. How do you prevent AIDS, world war, depression, car
crashes?
> > We
> > >live in a free country, but with that freedom there is a burden of
> > personal
> > >responsibility. Rather than teaching a child what is moral and
immoral,
> > >right and wrong, we first and foremost can establish what the laws
that
> > >govern us are. You can always escape hell by not believing in it, but
> you
> > >cannot escape death and you cannot escape prison.
> > >It is no wonder that kids are growing up more cynical; they have a lot
> of
> > >information in front of them. They can see that they are living in a
> > world
> > >that's made of bullshit. In the past, there was always the idea that
> you
> > >could turn and run and start something better. But now America has
> become
> > >one big mall, and because of the Internet and all of the technology we
> > have,
> > >there's nowhere to run. People are the same everywhere. Sometimes
> music,
> > >movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone
else
> > >feels like we do. I've always tried to let people know it's OK, or
> > better,
> > >if you don't fit into the program. Use your imagination -- if some
geek
> > from
> > >Ohio can become something, why can't anyone else with the willpower
and
> > >creativity?
> > >I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I
> was
> > >begged to be on every single TV show in existence. I didn't want to
> > >contribute to these fame-seeking journalists and opportunists looking
> to
> > >fill their churches or to get elected because of their self-righteous
> > >finger-pointing. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the
> > first
> > >real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and
> dedicate
> > >themselves in eternal fandom. Everyone will agree that nothing was
more
> > >entertaining than Clinton shooting off his prick and then his bombs in
> > true
> > >political form. And the news -- that's obvious. So is entertainment to
> > >blame? I'd like media commentators to ask themselves, because their
> > coverage
> > >of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us
have
> > >seen.
> > >I think that the National Rifle Association is far too powerful to
take
> > on,
> > >so most people choose Doom, The Basketball Diaries or yours truly.
This
> > kind
> > >of controversy does not help me sell records or tickets, and I
wouldn't
> > want
> > >it to. I'm a controversial artist, one who dares to have an opinion
and
> > >bothers to create music and videos that challenge people's ideas in a
> > world
> > >that is watered-down and hollow. In my work I examine the America we
> live
> > >in, and I've always tried to show people that the devil we blame our
> > >atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don't expect the end
of
> > the
> > >world to come one day out of the blue -- it's been happening every day
> > for a
> > >long time.
> > >MARILYN MANSON
> > >(May 28, 1999)
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