Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The music is not at fault...
I promised myself that I was not going to enter the "War on Emo", and that I was going to stay as far away from it as possible.
Then I read an article about a 13 year old girl who hung herself. The journalist blames the "emo" cult for her death. The article goes so far as to post photos of My Chemical Romance album art, and claim that the girl killed herself because she wanted to "join the Black Parade". The journalist goes on and on about the girls' double life as a "secret emo", and her obsession with My Chemical Romance. Though, the fact that the girl told her mother that she felt like killing herself before she went into her room and hung herself is overshadowed by all this MCR nonsense.
The media is telling us that this whole "emo" thing caused this girl to end her life, and it seems to be blaming her taste in music for her suicide. What about her parents? They should be held responsible. The girl told her mother that she was suicidal, and her mother just let her run off into her room. Any parent in their right mind would see that as a warning, and at least talk to their child. But because the girl liked to wear black, her mother is no longer accountable for her well-being. What the article seems to be telling us is that a fad is completely responsible for this girl's death. Where does this end? At this rate, every time a teenager committs suicide, parents and reporters will be claiming that My Chemical Romance should have stopped the kid, that bands should be the ones taking their fans to psychiatrists' offices, and that the reason their kids are dead is because they spend time on message boards.
This girl had a history of self-mutilation and before it was too late, she told her mom she was suicidal. As tragic as this is, "emo" is not the cause, lack of parental intervention is.
Then I read an article about a 13 year old girl who hung herself. The journalist blames the "emo" cult for her death. The article goes so far as to post photos of My Chemical Romance album art, and claim that the girl killed herself because she wanted to "join the Black Parade". The journalist goes on and on about the girls' double life as a "secret emo", and her obsession with My Chemical Romance. Though, the fact that the girl told her mother that she felt like killing herself before she went into her room and hung herself is overshadowed by all this MCR nonsense.
The media is telling us that this whole "emo" thing caused this girl to end her life, and it seems to be blaming her taste in music for her suicide. What about her parents? They should be held responsible. The girl told her mother that she was suicidal, and her mother just let her run off into her room. Any parent in their right mind would see that as a warning, and at least talk to their child. But because the girl liked to wear black, her mother is no longer accountable for her well-being. What the article seems to be telling us is that a fad is completely responsible for this girl's death. Where does this end? At this rate, every time a teenager committs suicide, parents and reporters will be claiming that My Chemical Romance should have stopped the kid, that bands should be the ones taking their fans to psychiatrists' offices, and that the reason their kids are dead is because they spend time on message boards.
This girl had a history of self-mutilation and before it was too late, she told her mom she was suicidal. As tragic as this is, "emo" is not the cause, lack of parental intervention is.
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