From: kabadkar@CS.ColoState.EDU (ashwin kabadkar)
Subject: Re: James Hetfield injured
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:45:57 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

In article <1992Aug12.113628.9602@uvm.edu> cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:
>From article <#a4mfpr.tyger@netcom.com>, by tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle):
>> In article <Aug12.013251.43477@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> kabadkar@CS.ColoState.EDU (ashwin kabadkar) writes:
>>> I suggest you better stop obscuring the issue at hand with a holier-than-thou
>>> attitude and see the effect that Axl's behaviour had upon the people there.
>>> *That* is the issue at hand.
>> 
>> You know, people on this newsgroup would cheerfully flame the piss out of any
>> person that even hinted that they were a pack of immature children, but what
>> do you think someone is going to think when they see posts that say, in effect,
>> 
>> "He pissed me off, so I ripped out a few chairs at the stadium, pretty fuckin'
>> cool, huh? I guess I showed Asshole Rose a thing or two!" No shit, you 
>> showed him and anyone else that you are just the child they think you are...
>> Just like your whipping boy, Axl.
>
>	I don't where Ashwin was saying that it was totally Asshole's fault.
>If you look at the abovementioned quote, you'll see he said Asshole's 
>*effect*.  
 
 Attaboy, Chris, *you* tell him. He isn't listening to what I'm saying.

>
>	No, there's never any real justification for a riot, in my mind anway,
>but given the mindset of the people at the concert, I *understand* the 
>metality.  Being in their shows, I would have been seriously freaked out 
>about the problem with James, and the 2 hour wait between MetallicA and
>GnR probably would have done nothing to help those brewing emotions.  

 Upon that, he goes and just *leaves*. That is definitely going to aggravate
 the  crowd.

> There's
>plenty of things Asshole could have done that probably would have helped
>the situation.  He could have first explained to the crowd that his voice
>or whatever wasn't in great shape, or he could have tried to turn the crowd
>'s mindset around with a great show.  He of course, acted like his namesake.
>
  Right on!

>	Like I said, I don't defend the rioters, but I think I can understand
>their frustrated state of mind.  
 
 Exactly. I never said that they were right in rioting, just that they cannot
 be blamed.

> There's a certain percentage of the population
>who can't stand to be told "Fuck you" any day of the week anyway, and I'm
>sure with the problems of the concert, the dealing point of others lowered
>to that point too.
>
 I am *sure* it did.  I couldn't have explained it better myself.

> Chris


 Ashwin

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