Xref: utzoo alt.rock-n-roll.metal:449 alt.flame:14325 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!dianeh From: dianeh@gryphon.COM (Diane Holt) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.flame Subject: ME(N)TAL MORON (was: Re: Best METAL group an oxymoron) Message-ID: <24990@gryphon.COM> Date: 19 Jan 90 17:00:14 GMT References: Reply-To: dianeh@binky.UUCP (Diane Holt) Organization: In Spirit -- Binky, Inc. Lines: 125 In article <1166@faatcrl.UUCP> jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell) writes: >dianeh@gryphon.COM (Diane Holt) writes: > >[lots of inflammatory drivel deleted] "Inflammatory"? Moi? >I've found that HM people are usually more open minded than most. Oh how true. So "open minded" are they that they're perfectly willing to let someone think the music they like is *shit* without ever feeling any kind of slightest need to convince that person otherwise. >They'll give just about any music a chance before passing judgement, [...] I see. They'll give it a chance before passing judgement on it. That's mighty white of them. Of course, that implies that at some point they will, in fact, pass judgement on it, doesn't it? And when they do, what happens if it turns out they don't fucking *like* it? They... >[...] they usually don't thrust their opinion on others. They *don't*?? Let's just see, okay? (Bear with me on this one -- you won't be sorry you did.) >Most people go for that trendy shit they play on "Hit-Loop" stations across ^^^^^^^^^^^ >the country. They follow like cattle. [...] The "trendoid masses" listen ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to music that stresses fitting in with the crowd, and being "normal". Thanks for clearing that up for me. I know I certainly feel better for it. >The essense of metal is freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom of mind, and >free thinking. You mean, like the freedom to like "'Hit-Loop' stations", or "trendy shit"? How about the freedom to think "Heavy Metal" sucks big, green pachodas? >>What a bunch on insecure, safety-in-numbers defensive little whiners. > >Safety in numbers ? I'm afraid you're wrong, kiddo. HM people are a >minority in most cases. (Please -- somebody -- somewhere -- explain the irony of this statement to this mindless little moron. I can't even deal with it right now.) >Listen to Fates Warning's "Part of the Machine", or "Static Acts" on >/Perfect Symmetry/ [...] Oh well, no -- thanks just the same, though. How about Ministry? Can I listen to them instead? (I want to check with you first because I know how "open minded" you are and all...) >Defensive ? Of course. What's this? What's this? But, but, didn't you just get through telling us all how "open minded" you were and how you _weren't_ insecure little whiners? >Wouldn't you be if someone verbally stomped on something you love ? Well, nnn-o, no I wouldn't. What do I care what someone I don't even know thinks -- positively OR negatively -- about something I like? (This is not rhetorical. Please try to answer this question. Please try to make it good. [I can't wait.]) >Opinionated tactless oafs [...] You mean, ones who say things like "trendy shit" and "trendoid masses"? (Just curious.) >[...] have no place in this newsgroup. Wait a second -- let me see if I've got this... You think a newsgroup that's devoted to "discussing" "Heavy Metal" music means that anyone posting to it *must* "discuss" it *positively*? And that would then imply that that's the case for _all_ newsgroups, right? Okay -- I don't ever want to see another dissenting opinion on the Net in any newsgroup anywhere ever. (And we'll be *watching* you, so you better look out!) >[more drivel nuked] "Drivel"? How "open minded" and "tactful" of you... >>>The united stand against the post only served to fuel the fire of the love >>>these metalheads have of Heavy Metal! > >>Right. Safety in numbers. > >>Didn't I say that already? > >Yeah. And you're wrong... Again. As you've so eloquently proven. >>Duh. > >Boy. Is that just well practiced, or does it come naturally ? :-) Ow! Ow, ow, ow! >For a good example of the metal psyche. Call 1-800-MINDLESS. Diane Holt (dianeh@binky.UUCP) "Fool." --Clay Bond (Damn, I like using that one. Thanks, Clay.)