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e i IQ - Or~no Weekl3 flines+ Wednesd~Aûgust~13,l 997 Rachel pro udly displays entry Miss Rachel Martin ai Newcastle proudly displays her entries in the Water Garden class for j uniors. The Society has added classes in their shows for Juniors and hope to see mare younger -people enter- ta the competitions. Background about Marilyn Manson by Brian Chiasson, hope disappears and crime Co-ordinator runs rampant. Family Action Council of Recently, Stats Canada Durham reported, wvhile other crimes decreased, homicides went Marilyn Manson, the ultra- up six percent. Does anyone violent rock group which per- honestly believe crime would forrned recently at Varsity go dawn if nobody com- Arena in Toronto, was plained about 1t arn con- protested for three purposes: vinced that ail crimes would to cancel the concert, tao skyrocket if every concernied Inifori the public, and ta spokesperson, in the media stand against every antiso- or not, kept sulent from today cial, destructive and violent forward. The police would be, message. the band encour- quite literally, helpless -- r ages. because the help stopped. While the protest failed i Prrotesters send a message, stopplng the concert, the ta everyone wlio cares, that Toronto media was somewhat saciety is not entireîy apa- helpful at Informing the pub- thetic. This is especially lic and in praviding a plat- appreciated by those who are form for the rejection of the hindereti by priorities from band's philosophy. One ques- protesting. Our overali econ- lion frequently put forward amy, having been propelled was: Are you not helping the b h amn 0s a band's promotion by pratest- forced househalds into ing? requiring two incomes, if not Whlle the protest brought three to survive. The reces-- attention ta the band, it is sion, and a patential defla- highly unlikely a-nyone Iearn- tionary swing, are the only lng af the protest would be 50 farces preventing househaold dysftmctional as ta attend the from reqillring a fourth or concert because of the fifth income. This stress pre- protest. vents most hard-working Edmund Burke once sald individuals from activism. that ail it t(akes for evil ta pre- Furthermnore, there is an vail is that good men do noth- abundance of substantial ing. If people of conviction reasons ta pratest. The fol- avoid making stands because lowng is just a few: it might help the other side, *Each band member is saciety will degenerate at a named after a convicted qulcker pace. People become rapist and mass murderer. desensitlzed and the shock The lead singer Brian Warner value disappears when chose Marlyn Manson, taken -nobody appears ta care. The fram CHarles Mans on, for innoculation effect kicks in, bath himself and the band. Other band mnembers chose fram John Wayne Gacy, Rilchard Raniirez, Albert Flsh, David BerkoWitz and Henry 1!Lee Lucas. I'here is nothlng value neutr.1l in taking the names of a serialkiller. * During past' perfor- mances, the lead singer set his drummer Sara Lee Lucas on fire, repeatedly smashed other band members with the microphone stand, slashed his chest with broken glass and performed fellatia on stage. *After Lucas quit, replace- ment drummîer Ginger Fish %Nwas rushed ta haspital when hit be Manson's mike stand. SOver 18 months, Fish was ~.clocked in the head by the Sbase of a miike stand at coult- Iless gigs, purposefully flung at hlm by his sociopathic boss. Fish has been scarred, bloodied and bruised. H e alsa s11uffered , patentially fatal cracked skull. * Keyboard player Madonna Wayne Gacy nearly died when struck with a fly- jing mike. * Bath their despair-laden lyric s and T-shirts encourage isuicide. Their nihilistic "we hate saclety" philosophy Is a magnet for damaged teens, some living ta despairing cir- cumstances. Encouraging suicide anly adds ta this tragedy. * In California, two girls tied themselves wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt and jumped off a bridge, killing themselves. * In a Guitar School Interview, Warner sald, "At aur shows, it Èeemas, people dan't know whether ta r--k each other or kill each other, and hopefully the saine goes for listeners ta the record [Antichrist Superstarj." * One of Manson's slogans, chanted by bis fans, is "We hate love. We love hate." * One concert featured dead babies and a lune of bloady clothes as stage props. * Another concert featured a seminaked girl tied toaa cross. * The band speaks -openily about using bard drugs like cake and speed. * Music critics noted the band's repeated use of Nazi salutes and fascist stage props, dismlssing them as "ironie". * In '94, they had a cantest ta send". ..a polarold display- ing the most deviant usage of aur naine/logo. For example. Your father is passed out drunk and naked. You carve Marilyn Manson on bis bald forehead and snap a picture. Be creative. Dlsregard the law." * According ta Vincent Bugliasi, the DA who put Charles Manson away, Marlyn Manison recarded the lyrics for the Ir album, Portrait of ar n-bmerican Family, in the Tate house where the Manson "family" murdered five peo- ple. Sharon Tate was eight months pregnant when stabbed sixteen timés and hung from a celling beam. *1 It is the policy of the Family Action Council that if cause of the problem should be aitered ta prevent it in the future. AIl of Manson's ideas and aiterations are deslgned ta cause problems if carried out by a fan. Finally, the concert could have been cancelled. It is appealing and deeply dis- turbing that the University of Toronto would discredit itself by endorsing Manson's Antichrist Superstar Tour. This is like Brock University staging a concert in~ St. Catharines with a band nained Paul Bemardo or the University of Montreal pro- moting a group nained Marc Lepine. Despite heavy lobbying from many groups, Mr. Bruce Kidd, the University's Acting Director of Athletics and cc-nhctýî SERVICES Recreatian, stated, "there is no better place for the source of this debate ta be played out than an the grounds of a uni- Verslty.", Have standards plununet- ed on the hiring requirements of educators? You cani bet the universîty will ever brlng evangelical rock bands like Petra or Carman ta Toronto. While explainable with the saie logic, they wouldn't be caught dead supporting it. Subscribe to Orono Weekly.,Times . 9c83-5301 JON STOR'v SCOTT STORY 905-983-9579, L AND S CA PIN G ,INSTALLATION .- GROUNDS MAINTENANCE V WT ER PONDS *-DESIGN CONSULTING L. SPECIALIZING IN PERENNIAL PLANT LANDSCAPES -.d FUNERAL SERVICES PRE-ARRANGED AND PREPAID P / 2E7C ~ Ioa 'iq~&~ Funeral Directors Paul R. Morris Robert E. Williams Gary M. Conway Doug R. Rutherford If yau're laoking for friendship, fun, challenge and adventure -- then, the lst O0rono Colony, Pmack & Trroop are loaking for yau! This yeav marks Orono's f irst co-ed programs in: Beavers - 5 to 7yvears.oaae Cubs - 8 ta 10 years ai age &Scouts - 11 ta 14 years of age Registration nig:hts are scheduled for Monday, September 8th and Tuesday, September 9th from 7 to 8 p.m. in the basement of the Orono United Church. Weekly meetings wiII be held Monday nights, beginning September l5th. Corne see aur booth at the Orano Fair for more information and early,sign-up or cail: PAUL SECORD 786-2687 CATHY or DOUG STEWART 983-8276 or SANDY COOK 983-8117 AC 13.27 LM