From: d90-two@dront.nada.kth.se (Thomas Wolmer)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Vermin! (was Re: Metallica)
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:39:04 GMT
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

In article <IdrsDES00Uh784w1QP@andrew.cmu.edu> jn2i+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Adam Nimpfer) writes:
>
>   I quit posting for awhile because I was losing faith.  I didn't see
>many people leaving this bboard.  But today in church, I had a
>revelation.  My priest, Father Patton, told the story of a young man he
>knew that got involved with heavy metal.  The boy was sixteen years old
>and his name was "Bennie."  Bennie was an ordinary average kid.  He
>played softball for the church softball league.  He was a community
>volunteer, working for Meals on Wheels.  He had a job of mowing lawns in
>town.  He made straight A's in school...he was your ordinary average
>kid.  Then one day he made friends with the new kid in school.  The new
>kid's name was "Reggie."  Reggie got Bennie into metal.  After Bennie
>got into metal, he grew his hair long, started smoking, his grades
>dropped, and he just didn't care about life anymore.  He even stopped
>going to church!  Bennie and Reggie eventually started playing Dungeons
>and Dragons.  They became obsessed with the game and it took over their
>lives.  Bennie's story ended in tragedy.  He became mentally disturbed
>and thought the devil took over his life.  He became a Satan worshipper.
> One night he killed his parents in a ritualistic murder before
>committing suicide.  The signs were obvious, Bennie's problems started
>when he began listening to metal.  Once again I make a plea for you
>people to stop reading this bboard.  Please, please don't end up like
>Bennie.
>                                                          Peace
Oh your Master told you so. How kind of him.

I have listened to Metal for a long time now.
I made good grades in school.
I have long hair.
I do some sporting. (Orienteering to be precise)
I have played D&D, or rather, other RPG's. (I don't have time nowadays)
I am not stupid enough to smoke
I NEVER go to church. I'm not even baptized.
I do not find it likely that Satan exists, but this isn't alt.atheism so...

If we assume that this story is true, then think about it again.
Bennie went downhill after he had met this nice guy Reggie. What luck for
you that this Reggie listened to Metal, played D&D etc. No sane person
(granted, there are too few of that kind) goes this way because of some
music or some games. (Could you please describe how you get possessed by
D&D BTW?) Weak individuals can do because bad influence from some other
person. You said yourself that everything happened after Bennie met Reggie.
I shouldn't have had much hope for this Bennie anyway. He showed far
too many signs of being a non-thinking zombie just waiting for someone
to rule him.

Do you seriously believe that something like this can happen if you just
READ about Metal?

(And why the fuck do you still post under Re: Metallica?)

Sorry that my English sucks BTW. Sometimes you really should want to express
yourself in a more detailed way.

(I am still not sure if this is "for real". Especially not after those
complaints on the Spinal Tap video...)

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