RE: Mass shooting in Las Vegas. 50+ dead
October 8, 2017 at 4:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2017 at 4:49 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(October 8, 2017 at 2:48 pm)A Theist Wrote:The point I'm trying to make is that someone sufficiently fucked up to consider mass murder a decent idea can probably find inspiration in ANYTHING. I'm currently reading Jeff Guinn's biography of Charles Manson, and it spends quite a bit of time trying to explain how Charlie(October 8, 2017 at 11:21 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Hell, the Columbine kids also liked English class. According to David Cullen's book, they also liked Shakespeare (particularly Lear and The Scottish Play), Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Eric in particular even loved Steinbeck (apparently, Pastures of Heaven was a favourite of his, especially the tale of Tularecito). Should that be policed too?
Too bad their love for the classics didn't have a better influence over them.
took the White Album, combined it with the book of Revelation, and turned it into a scenario about a race war that ran on insane troll logic, and did I mention the biggest source for it was a "Helter Skelter," which was about a PLAYGROUND SLIDE?
You see why I don't take too seriously the assumption that it makes sense to blame art for creating a culture of violence that's most likely existed since we stopped working under the assumption that there were about 150 people in the world and we knew them all by name.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.