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From: kmh@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (kathleen.m.huttenhoff)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Skid Rows Causes Mayhem in Springfield!
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Date: 16 Jan 90 18:36:29 GMT
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In article <8571@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> sueb@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (suzanne.bollinger,al,) writes:
>>place and by not being there when trouble started to happen.  Bach should be 
>>commended for taking care of himself without caring about popularity and critics
>
>Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I couldn't agree with you more.  Everyone is
>acting like Sebastian purposely threw the bottle at the girl he hit.  If you
                       ^^^^^^^^^ yes, he purposely threw the bottle.
>I am glad that most of the fans are on Sebastians side and understand his 
>actions.  I just hope he is cleared of all charges. (I know I'm going to
>get a lot of slack for that comment).
>
>SuzAnne

I really can't believe that people should be 'commended' for condoning and
encouraging violence.  Yes, he did get hit with a bottle, but there were a
hell of a lot of better ways to deal with it.  The person who originally 
threw the bottle was not a role model to the thousands of people who were 
at the concert.  Probably none of these 'fans' thought that he/she should
be commended for it.  Does this mean that just because Sebastian was in a 
position of power, the rules should be different for him?  Does this mean
that our society condones violence as a form of revenge?  
The girl hit with the bottle was not the only innocent victim.  Every other
person at the concert who had to watch the senseless violence and retribution
was also a victim in my opinion.