OMFG HOW UNFAIR IS THIS?!??!? Slipknot fans please read..?

Question

okay so click the link below and read the story....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/21/slipknot.school.killing

How is that Slipknot fault I mean puh-leaze they didn't ask the boy to murder people did they?? They should not be held responsible in any way.

Answer 1

yes and no. Listening to Slipknot or metal may get your adrenaline pumping and could even make aggressive actions more likely. But so could anything that produces the same physical response. So if you're already having a bad day and you get hyped up on caffeine, it could do the same. That's the flaw in similar studies that say metal makes you drive aggressively. They are pinning it on metal, but in fact metal produces a response, and the end result is something that could be produced by a number of things, none of which are considered harmful themselves.

On a more positive example. Do you smile because you're happy or are happy because you smile? The science behind it shows that the chemicals that make you/tell you that you're happy are released into your brain when you smile. So technically you are happy because you smile, not the other was around.

Back to the original example though. These analogies hardly apply anyway. We're talking about music and it's immediate, physiological effects on you. Someone who does something as warped as this, that is totally pre-meditated, is not under the influence of music. They are just screwed in the head. The music wasn't responsible. It wasn't even the trigger most likely. It was a point of obsession. Probably alongside the thought of cutting someone up with the swords, not one because of another.

Answer 2

I agree with what you have said, they should not be held responsible, and most of the time people have an idea what they're going to do before they hear a song, and its not the artists fault.

Answer 3

Haha! I'll bet they'll go in Revolver's "Metal Made Me Do It" section.

When bad stuff happens they have to blame someone for it...so why not metal music. Like when Columbine happened and Marilyn Manson got blamed for it.

This incident with Slipknot will just make them more popular.

Yay! They're album came out today!!

Answer 4

they shouldnt the boy does not have common sense

and

you are responsible for YOUR OWN actions