The Media Can Kiss My Ass

I awoke this morning expecting yet another shitty day at school. And in fact it was boring. I even fell asleep in my programming class at TCD. Apparently, reading about Java 2.0 is definitely an eyekiller. Well anyway, that's not what I'm bitching about today. What I AM bitching about is the shit I heard up on the news this morning. Ok, some self proclaimed expert on the politics of how entertainment affects young teen minds and the like essentially said that video game violence is a major contribution to the violence occuring today and amongst teens. He also states that it played a role in the Columbine shootings as well as many others that have occured across the US. He is also a firm believer in that music by artists such as Marilyn Manson and other shock rock/death metal bands/rap/etc. are also influencing today's young people into doing violent things. And there's nothing the parents can do.

BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT!

Ok, if you believe a fucking word that guy says, I am sticking your dumbass into a 'special' school, aka school for the RETARDS! Shit, they got ups on you if you believe the shit this so called expert states!

Columbine occured because the guys were already messed up in the head and on some serious medication that kept them from doing those very things like shooting people and killing everyone that even so much as looked at them the wrong way in the halls. But their lame excuses for parents neglected the fact their children were borderline psychopaths, literal timebombs waiting to go off at any second. They psyched themselves up on movies like Natural Born Killers, watching it over and over till they could remember every scene where Woody Harrelson had little stubs on his bald head. But oh, let's ignore the fact they were just a WEE BIT OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. Let's ignore the fact the parents neglected their mental health. Let's also just forget that the school staff essentially didn't do a goddamn thing about the fact that they pleaded for help against damn near everyone up in that school; and to this day I honestly ponder if any of them even realize that many of their friends are dead because of words they said to them like calling them "faggots" and "trailor park trash", "suicidal fuckup" and just about every hate-imbued word you could ever think of. Let's blame Marilyn Manson and Mortal Kombat 4 like the good politicians we are because we don't want to lose the millions of parents across America's votes come election time!

Let me tell you something about video games: There's a fucking RATING ON THE GODDAMN BOX!!! It tells you what age group the game is directed at, whether it's good for anyone, if only kids above 7 years of age should play it, or if young teens (I think it's 13-16) should play it only, or even if it's a game that's so violent that only MATURE kids 17 and up should be allowed to play it. By mature, I mean a person, whether they're 2 or 200 years old, that is capable of knowing the difference between fantasy and reality. If you honestly think the whole concept of Mortal Kombat is real, you need to seek mental help. This is also why roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons and Vampire: The Masquerade get such a bad rap. It's because people take things way too fucking seriously and give a bad name to roleplayers, who just want to have the fun of making a nice theatrical skit without relying on some Steven Spielberg wannabe highschool teacher.

Somewhere on the East Coast there's a junior in college who believes himself to be a Malkavian vampire, and refuses to go to class during the day, and resorts to taking their nightly courses. Even his shades are drawn up during the day. He will not leave his dorm unless it's at night or if it's extremely cloudy. All because the kid is so fucked up he honestly thinks he's an insane vampire. Shit, right in my own town, there's a guy named Brad who's been banned from every game of Vampire in the state, because of the fact that he is so hopped up on drugs that he now believes himself to be a 600 year old vampire. That is just...no. I'm going to leave it at "no" because of what I have to say in place of it will be 60 pages of cussing.

But oh, it's Cannibal Corpse and Marilyn Manson's ultimate conspiracy to enslave American children through music if you ask our media and government. BULLSHIT! You wanna know what it comes down to? One body of people:

Parents - where the fuck are you people in our goddamn lives!? Not enough in it, that's for DAMN SURE! Way back in your day your daddy was home by 6:00 at the latest and dinner was served at the table with everyone present to have a family meal. Your mother stayed home or was at home by the time you got off of school. And if you couldn't rally the neighborhood kids for a ball game, it was gonna be one slooooow day. Today, parents are replaced by their electronic babysitters known as TV, radio, and computers. And then you have the nerve to ask why we're so screwed up and called Generation X? YOU MADE US THIS WAY! Because of you, Eminem is our role model and fatherly replacement while Britney Spears is our mom and caregiver. I can't even remember the last time my father and I even sat down to have a real talk, father to son. I think I was 13 when that happened. Five years ago.

So yes. In this country, I blame a lot of my generation's bad seeds on the parents of America for not properly raising them or having the honor it takes to raise them. Many grow up without fathers, mothers, or even knowing their biological parents. And some even grow up to hate them because of the fact that they weren't there for them when they needed them most. I blame underage drug use of any and every kind on the parents of America for not teaching them to make the right decision for their body. An acid trip may be fun for the time being but what is the kid gonna do when that shit comes back to haunt him in his spinal cord or in the destroyed brain cells, or even cancer? I blame teenage pregnancy on the parents of America for not putting condoms in their kid's hand and telling them to use it if they're gonna do it. Sure you can tell the kid they're gonna be buried alive if they get pregnant or get a girl pregnant. But that isn't gonna stop them from doing what they want to do with their significant other. The best you can do is arm them with the knowing of how to do those things the right way and protect them from their own selves. But most of all, I blame parents for not listening to their kid more often, which often saves a lot of fucking time, money, and sometimes...lives.

This is Samurai In Black, signing off.

"I can't seem to fight these feelings
I'm caught in the middle of this
And my wounds are not healing
I'm stuck inbetween my parents
I wish I had someone to talk to
Someone I could confide in
I just want to know the truth
I just want to know the truth
Want to know the truth
Broken home
All alone
I know my mother loves me
But does my father even care?
If I'm sad or angry
You were never ever there
When I needed you
I hope you regret what you did
I think I know the truth
Your father did the same to you
Did the same to you
I'm crying day and night now
What is wrong with me?
I cannot fight now
I feel like a weak link
Crying day and night now
What is wrong with me?
I cannot fight now
I feel like a weak link
A weak link
Broken home
All alone
(Push it back inside)
It feels bad to be alone
Crying by yourself living in a broken home
How could I tell it so all ya'll could feel it
Depression strikes hard just like my old earth would tell it
To me, her son, she told me I'm the one
Pain bottled up bout to blow like a gun
Stories that I tell that are nonfiction
And you can't take it back cause it's already done
Broken home"
- Papa Roach, Broken Home

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