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Well said. Thank you (I'm not labelled emo, but the whole thing bugs me).

Thoug I like MCR, I'm not particularly emo orientated myself, but I too find this sort of ill informed scaremongering

It's not exactly a new phenomenon though. Since pop began tightly laced types have started spitting feathers everytime an even vaguely threatening act came on the scene - Elvis and his pneumatic hips, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Beastie Boys, ad infinitum. - it's a bit like Morrissey's career post Smiths - surfaces very now and again, is quickly forgotten about and sinks again without trace

I think the Mail is always searching for the next thing for parents to be terrified of - a computer game about MMR that causes obesity etc. As ShineyMcShine says, parents have been throwing up their arms about the demonic beats of rock and roll for at least 50 years now so the Mail is telling them what they want to hear, and will soon move on to the next terrifying topic du jour, and the next, until the entire Mail readership is too scared of the world to even go down the newsagents and pick up their paper.

Unfortunately none of this is going to help the poor girl's parents.

heh i just read that mcr fans are marching to protest how the media depicts the band or something?

How brilliant would that be? The Mail going on about how emo music itself being the catalyst for 'inappropriate' behaviour, when it is the actual reports of this fictional threat that is causing the emo kids to mobilise themselves - it doesn't get any better than that!

Just to say - I have twice commented on this blog (third time lucky), neither of which have ended up here, so I'm not ignoring CB or anything, you know how much this topic means to me, the commenting system is just being a pain. Both previous times were essays, I'm not writing one again.
Thanks for this Fraser :) means alot to know that not all adults have been brainswashed

Well I save a link to this page and at a better time I'll write you another essay. Been a bit of a tough day today as I left sixth form for the final time, and have now got thrilling A2 exams coming up.. boohoo
:(

ooh good luck with exams! and everyone else that's got em atm :P

Thanks :)
Making the most of half term next week though, going up to Manchester on the monday and then Wembly for England v USA on the wednesday :D

What was written was based on testimony given at the inquest into her death. This makes them legal facts. The fact that she was part of an internet cult that glamourised suicide and believed that suicide victims join the 'black parade' was based on evidence given by friends and posts taken from the internet group, it wasnt made up or fabricated by the Daily Mail, in fact it was report in several different newspapers. Sounds like someone needs to actually read the facts before accusing the daily mail of not doing so. This ignorant writing actually makes the daily mail's article look good in comparision. In my experience 'People who are sad' reject such superficial commercial music and it seems plain if you look at the evidence that this girl was not depressed just became obsessed with a dangerous fashion. Whether you like it or not or are in plain denial, the emo fashion glamourises suicide and the coroner was correct to express concerns about it, as is the Daily Mail and all decent parents.

You talk nonsense. Even before this everyone knew that the Daily Mail was a filthy rag. It is overly dramatic in nearly all stories and if it doesn't break the facts (which it has done several times, see lawsuits against it) it does its best to stretch them.

As for this case, just assuming that everything went as as you say, it doesn't sound like emo to me. It sounds more like a severely confused and ill young girl. Mentally healthy people, even young people, are much less likely to be sucked into that kind of situation.

"In my experience 'People who are sad' reject such superficial commercial music"

I don't know what music you're talking about here?

go emo

www.whatthefrank.com

I Will Be Marching but only for the morning as I refuse to let my A* slip through my fingers :D

The whole issue with this article is not just the unfair prejudices it presses against a large group of teenagers, but also the direct targeting of a band completely contrasting the message that they have previously portrayed. To quote Life On The Murder Scene "MCR Saved My Life. That's What We're Really Here For"-Gerard Way

and THAT is the poor research of a trashy article.

It is a relief to at last see an unbiased reliable article in the media regarding the emo sub culture. Thanks!

The media has really caught onto the emo scene recently and as mentioned in another comment there is even a protest in London in response to The Daily Mail鈥檚 ridiculous 鈥渟uicide cult鈥� claims.

Judging by recent articles, the newspaper hasn鈥檛 learnt much at all since the joke of an article in 2006 by Sarah Sands.

Parents who previously knew nothing about the culture are getting a false impression and becoming unnecessarily worried. As a result their children may be encouraged to miss out on a perfectly harmless and interesting scene.

That brings me to a sentence that really stands out for me in this article, 鈥淪adly, the most dangerous thing about emo these days is the press coverage.鈥�

I have recently setup my own online Emo community - www.soEmo.co.uk
This is a friendly and supportive community and also fully describes the emo culture in an unbiased way by someone actually part of the sub culture!

Want to learn more about 鈥淓mo鈥�? Please read the information www.soEmo.co.uk rather than going round in circles with some of the poorly researched articles in the media.

I read this in the paper, and when I got to the Blink 182 part, I actually laughed out loud.


My only problem with SoEmo's comment.

"fully describes the emo culture in an unbiased way by someone actually part of the sub culture!"


It can't be unbiased, if whoever wrote it is part of the scene. As whether they like it or not, they will undoubtedly have a different viewpoint to somebody not in the scene.

XxlivsxX I agree, but at least I am providing a more accurate view on the emo scene than a large proportion of the media who aren't part of the scene and simply research via the Internet.

I don't just describe the emo scene as happy in contrast to the media. Young people enjoy the angst that is associated with the emo scene. Some people take it too far, but that is true of any sub culture.

meh, idk why people attack subcultures so much, we're all people, who cares what music we listen to or clothes we were or whatever?
I just don't get how people can be so judgemental and 'pigeonhole' people so easily when they don't even know them
It humours me when magazines and newspapers make assumptions like this, really shows how ignorant the world can be

OMG THANK YOU!!!! Finally someone who can talk sense on the whole matter and who knows their facts instead of making up utter twaddle to support their argument!! It's appreciated! xxx

I have added a write up with images and videos of the MCR (My Chemical Romance) / Emo fans protest against the
Daily Mail's 鈥渟uicide cult鈥� claims - 31st May 2008, London

See www.soEmo.co.uk for details.

Thank you!!! Great article, cleans all the myths around Emo community, life and music. I hope people will see true thanks to more of articles like this.
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