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Emo music attacked over teen suicide

Genre blasted again after 13 year-old 'emo girl' commits suicide

Thu 08 May, 2008

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Music is not to blame for this, but the media is. Publishing false propaganda like this 'The Emo phenomenon began in the U.S. in the 1980s. It is a largely teenage trend and is characterised by depression, self-injury and suicide' gives impressionable young people the wrong idea about a perfectly normal subculture. My Chemical Romance, in particular, have spoken out on many occasions about depression and suicide. Speak to any fan, and they will tell you that the most commonly used phrase on MCR forums is 'MCR saved my life'.Unfortunately, the fear and exploitation response of the media paints the picture that the Daily Mail, and their followers, have tried to represent. Ergo, impressionable teenagers respond to the idea of 'Emo' that is presented, rather than responding to the music and the idea of finding themselves which probably brought them to Emo in the first place.The Daily Mail and their cohorts should be ashamed to add to this propaganda. Their ignorant journalism is irresponsible and dangerous. But falsification, fear and speculation shifts copies, right? At the end of the day, The Daily Mail care more about making money and creating controversy than the death of an innocent young girl. And isn’t that the most tragic thing about all this?

Mon 19 May, 2008

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