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AESTHETICS OF HATE: R.I.P. DIMEBAG ABBOTT, AND GOOD RIDDANCE
-- Time For Conservative Imagination!
ICONOCLAST ^
| by William Grim
Posted on 12/14/2004 8:40:19 AM PST by Apolitical
Part of the hard work of civilization is teaching young to be able to distinguish between the good and the bad in all aspects of life. If we teach our young children to obey the 10 Commandments and to obey the laws of the land, but don't teach them to realize that Johann Sebastian Bach is superior to Dimebag Abbott, we have failed as parents and mentors. If a person has gone through 12 or 13 years of education and has not developed an appreciation for the greatest artistic achievements of mankind, that education has been an utter failure.
While laissez-faire is the correct approach to economics it has no place in the realm of aesthetics or morality. A confidant civilization imposes its morality and aesthetics on it young people. Yes, you heard it right. We impose. The Rousseauian noble savage is a myth. Left unchecked and untutored the savage will never attain nobility......
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: dimebagdarrell; headbanger; pantera; shooting
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To: Tragically Single
I highly recommend their concerts. They are fun, nice, and contain a pretty interesting rock opera story about Christmas. My wife and I have been going every year since we went to our first one. It's a really great show. They also include treatments of other classical music, have a chorus, have a neat light show, etc. Definitely worth it.
To: Tragically Single
One other thing. "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" originally appeared on the Savatage album "Dead Winter Dead" and there is a lot of crossover between the heavy metal band Savatage and TSO. What's really funny is that I was listening to Savatage before that song was even released. Though some of their early songs are dark, they are a fairly "clean" and positive band -- the parental warning sticker on a couple of their albums was only there to help them sell -- they didn't need them. And having band member Criss Oliva die years ago (a car crash, not drugs) seems to have made them a bit introspective and spiritual. So now I buy the Savatage albums (they've moved into doing a lot of rock opera stuff like "The Wake of Magellan", too) and my wife buys the TSO albums. If you like the TSO stuff, you might like Savatage's "The Wake of Magellan", in particular, and possibly some of their other stuff like the rest of "Dead Winter Dead" (which is something of a rock opera about Sarajevo falling apart and hope for the future).
To: Culture_Values_Morality
One of my friends was security for Damageplan. He did not survive the events of the evening.
Out of respect for the memory of Jeff Thompson, who was a better man by far than many I've met here and who would never denigrate the dead, I request that you refrain from calling names.
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posted on
12/16/2004 8:45:58 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Strategerist
You'll likely appreciate it. As well as being a stand-up guy, Darrell Abbott was quite musically talented. Pantera is underrated, largely by those who consider everything on upper FM "noise."
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posted on
12/16/2004 8:48:25 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: VOYAGER
It's clear that you do not have the skill to appreciate Pantera, so perhaps you should STFU.
305
posted on
12/16/2004 8:51:24 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: kevin
Madonna's birth certificate reads "Madonna Louise Ciccone." So, technically, Mr. and Mrs. Ciccone picked the name, not little Maddy, who at the time was in no position to voice an opinion.
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posted on
12/16/2004 8:53:39 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Xenalyte
You liked Pantera? Damn, X, you are full of surprises. They did pretty much whip ass. I miss those old Dark Angel/Slayer days.
307
posted on
12/16/2004 8:56:56 AM PST
by
Shryke
(My Beeb-o-meter goes all the way to eleven.)
To: Stew Padasso
You'd better be kidding. One of the men killed was a friend of mine. Take it back now.
308
posted on
12/16/2004 9:01:48 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Blzbba; RockinRight
I was shocked to find out how TALL Sebastian is! That's one lanky guy.
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posted on
12/16/2004 9:06:02 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Question_Assumptions
I'll have to check it out. I never really listened to Savatage at all. In fact, for the longest time, I thought it was Neil Zaza playing with TSO.
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posted on
12/16/2004 9:15:58 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Alpha Male of the Free Republic wolfpack)
To: Xenalyte
My prayers are with you in your time of loss, Xena. ((((((Xenalyte)))))
312
posted on
12/16/2004 9:16:45 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Alpha Male of the Free Republic wolfpack)
To: Tragically Single; Shryke
Thank you, the both of you. We miss Mayhem . . . as large a girl as I am, not many guys can get their arms around me and pick me completely up off the ground. Mayhem gave the best big-guy hugs ever.
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posted on
12/16/2004 9:27:39 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Xenalyte
I could get my arms around you and pick you up off the ground.... but it'd look like a fireman's carry. I'm only 5'8" lol...
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posted on
12/16/2004 9:30:16 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Proud member of the Free Republic wolfpack)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
12/16/2004 9:32:11 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
To: Xenalyte
It's clear that you do not have the skill to appreciate Pantera, so perhaps you should STFU.It is true I am not brain dead(yet).
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posted on
12/16/2004 10:07:00 AM PST
by
VOYAGER
To: Xenalyte
What are you talking about?
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posted on
12/16/2004 10:18:32 AM PST
by
Stew Padasso
("That boy is nuttier than a squirrel turd.")
To: Stew Padasso
You posted a picture of the killer with the caption "Doing God's work." If it was sarcasm, you omitted the tag. If it wasn't, take it back now.
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posted on
12/16/2004 10:25:13 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: Xenalyte
It is a dig at the High and Mighty putting people down because they love this kind of music. I can actually direct you to a poster who feels that God had a hand in this.
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posted on
12/16/2004 10:30:06 AM PST
by
Stew Padasso
("That boy is nuttier than a squirrel turd.")
To: Stew Padasso
I apologize for jumping you. Thanks for explaining. I would perhaps be better not knowing said poster's identity, since anyone who feels that people like my buddy Jeff are better dead is cruisin' for a size-ten boot up the ass.
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posted on
12/16/2004 10:32:48 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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