Marilyn Manson’s reaction to Virginia Tech shootings
So…is it wrong to hope that someone overdoses accidentally? Because I kind of hope that this guy does. That makes me a bad, bad person probably.
Shock rocker MARILYN MANSON has branded the vigils held in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre "manufactured".
The singer, whose controversial music was held partially responsible by some for the Columbine shootings in April 1999, is confused by the public outpouring of grief in the wake of the tragedy, insisting it’s pointless to "waste emotions" on the incident that left 33 people dead last month (Apr07).
He says, "You know it all seems very manufactured to me in the way that there’s candlelight vigils but I haven’t seen anyone crying. Not one single person crying.
"Someone said to me yesterday ‘I’m sure you’re full of mixed emotions’. I’m not. I don’t really care. I don’t know anyone involved in it. If you lose emotion, and you gain it back, you realise that hate and love are very important to distribute properly. So I am not going to waste any kind of emotion on things that aren’t related to me.
"It doesn’t mean that you have to be insensitive or cold, or have no sort of empathy. It just means that when you do have an emotion, make it extreme."
So yeah. Very well-adjusted guy here.
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4 opinions for Marilyn Manson’s reaction to Virginia Tech shootings
Mariel
May 18, 2007 at 15:11
Obviously he’s a stupid, arrogant ass because a tragedy of this sort affects the country as a whole and he is definately a part of it whether he wants to be or not.
Jenna
Jul 7, 2007 at 08:33
I really don’t see why people are angry at that response; sure it’s a bit cold and blunt, but ultimately honest and reasonable. Manson has said and done a lot worse anyway. People die every day in bad ways, we know that is a fact, but if we really cared that much about what happened to people we don’t know we would never stop bawling. So the point of crying over what has happened to someone he does not know, being a waste of emotion, makes perfect sense.
Jenna
Jul 7, 2007 at 08:33
*correcting e-mail*
MrsManson
Oct 11, 2007 at 11:53
I agree completely with Manson. I too found the whole vigils a bit manufactured. I don’t feel any emotion for them, yes I feel sorry for the familys and friends, but as Manson said, I don’t know anyone involved. So, yeah.
Don’t diss him.
He’s alot smarter than many of us.
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