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You hear it all the time
Sep. 15th, 2006 10:40 amSome of you may have heard about the 25 year old that took a gun into a Montreal college and shot 19 people, killing one and seriously wounding a few others. His mother told the media, Oh he's a good man, a good son, just ask the neighbours. The neighbours said, um, we don't know the family. They kept themselves to themselves. Never had a converation with him other than please move your car. I guess Mum had blinders on. So many of them do. Now the papers are filled with interviews with "proppa goffs" explaining why this sorry arse was not in actual fact a Goth, because Goths are peaceful people.
The "experts" agree, saying that Goths are more likely to be suicidal than murderously violent, that these people that do stuff like this are more likely to have been bullied. Someone posted a comment on the killer's blog, Congratulations, you've just become the bully you always hated. I agree. Anyone that starts stockpiling weapons and harbouring that much anger has a lot more issues to deal with and it has nothing to do with the Goth culture. Millions of people like vampires and horror movies and very, very few of them go on rampages.
One remark in an interview that made me chuckle was from someone that considers himself Goth and has been for 20 years. He said the young kids today that say they're into the culture, are "mall goths" *snork*
And from the "Let that be a lesson to you" file: A man was convicted of trying to extort a half a million dollars from a restaurant when he said his mother had found a mouse in her soup. Proof... the mouse had no soup in its lungs and had not actually been cooked. He was given one year in jail. Mom was convicted too. Maybe they can share a cell.
The "experts" agree, saying that Goths are more likely to be suicidal than murderously violent, that these people that do stuff like this are more likely to have been bullied. Someone posted a comment on the killer's blog, Congratulations, you've just become the bully you always hated. I agree. Anyone that starts stockpiling weapons and harbouring that much anger has a lot more issues to deal with and it has nothing to do with the Goth culture. Millions of people like vampires and horror movies and very, very few of them go on rampages.
One remark in an interview that made me chuckle was from someone that considers himself Goth and has been for 20 years. He said the young kids today that say they're into the culture, are "mall goths" *snork*
And from the "Let that be a lesson to you" file: A man was convicted of trying to extort a half a million dollars from a restaurant when he said his mother had found a mouse in her soup. Proof... the mouse had no soup in its lungs and had not actually been cooked. He was given one year in jail. Mom was convicted too. Maybe they can share a cell.
