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My Chemical Romance fans plan march against Daily Mail

Fans will picket offices in protest against 'suicide cult' claims

Tue 20 May, 2008

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lectroneon your ignorance is astonishing. If a professional coroner has found that MCR is responsible for the death of this girl, then that coroner needs a job review! The Daily Mail reported a one sided fraction of an entire inquest, disregarding psychological assessment, parental ignorance, depression, and manifold other influences that lead to the death of this child. It failed to point out that for children suffering from depression, often finding a subculture or a band that they obsessively submerge themselves in, can be symptomatic of a greater problem, and instead of reporting on the evils of Emo and bands lumped into the genre, they should have written an article about listening to your kids and recognising signs of childhood depression. If my child came to me with cuts on her wrists or thoughts of suicide, I wouldn't let her out of my sight - I certainly wouldn't dismiss her, send her to bed, and then blame her favourite band for her death to anyone who would listen to me. Whilst I feel for the parents of this child, they had warning signs that they either did not recognise, or did not know how to deal with. They need to accept some responsibility for mistakes they made, and, by seeking out the TRUE reasons behind their daughters’ death, help to educate others, not trying to pass the blame. The Daily Mail has taken advantage of these people as much as they have taken advantage of MCR and the ‘emo’ scene to sell their newspaper. Yes, the Daily Mail probably are having a laugh, because they don't have the morals to do anything else.

Sat 24 May, 2008

It annoys me the amount of people on here who are taking the time to say that MCR are a crap band - this isn't actually about MCR, it's about the Daily Mail using a band as a scapegoat so they can sell some newspapers and scare parents all over the country. I read the articles, and they were ridiculous. At one point the mother admits that her daughter actually said to her 'I feel like killing myself' and her reply was 'don't be so silly, we'll talk about it tomorrow' - hours later the girl was dead! She cut herself and her father accepted that it was a fashion statement! MCR didn't kill this girl, she was crying out to her parents for help and they didn't pay attention. I think a lot of people should join this march, not just MCR fans, but anyone who wants the truth about issues such as youth suicide reported in a responsible manner by the media.

Thu 22 May, 2008

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