Subject: ur website p.a.r.o.d.y
u shud of put green days song warning it teacheskids to run with scissors
lol
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u shud of put green days song warning it teacheskids to run with scissors
lol
NAME WITHHELD
The P.A.R.O.D.Y site annoyed me but also made me laugh aswell ' hinduism is dangerous' :p
You're a fucking idiot. You know nothing of the gothic subculture. Fuck are you ever a moron. Get a life.
Wow what a relief... I actually genuinely believed your site was serious until you know I saw the warning about smearing the blood of Christian babies on doors...hehe. I just want to say that your portrayal of the average everyday anti-goth / anti-everything that isn’t of Christian morals hypocrite was really, really accurate. It’s hard to believe there are actually people out there who are like that isn’t it? Thanks again for completely splitting my sides J
hi!
i just came across your P.A.R.O.D.Y. website about the goth kids. for a moment i thought you were serious. very very funny. Hahaha!
that was cool
~NAME WITHHELD
Good site pity that most will beleive it and become more brainwashed with their ignorance.
The stupidiest one is of the cereals.
How can a cereal decide what label a child has?
Cause apart from the gothic sub-culture etc...
It's just a label.
Infact I won't be surprised if now we'll see people throwing holy water on people dressed in black,we already have people who belive they vampire slayers!!!So if that happens as well I won't be surprised,I'll just be there watching and eating popcorn.
I just wanted to say that your site is great. At first I thought that it was for real, as there are actually sites that have some similar stuff on that has been passed off as fact. I am a huge Marilyn Manson fan and also an atheist. I guess I do match the Goth description and it’s cool to see someone mocking Christians who take it all too seriously. Although I am pessimistic and a bit depressed at times, I can have fun too, for example, laughing at Christians. I don’t think that I am a ‘poor soul’ and don’t intend on committing suicide in the near future. I’ve always been like that and being a Goth is just my way of expressing my feelings. Just because I like Marilyn Manson doesn’t mean that I’m going to slit my wrists. The whole point of Marilyn Manson’s music is to piss Christians off and it works too. They don’t seem to realise that they are just making fools of themselves and by trying to restrict their children they will only make them rebel more. I am 15 and I find the whole ‘child’ thing patronising and also very stupid. My parents cannot make me do anything I don’t want to and what I wear or what I believe in is up to me. Christians can’t force their children to follow their faith - Marilyn Manson’s parents sent him to a Christian school and look at him now. There is nothing wrong with Satanism, Paganism, Wicca, Homosexuality, Bisexuality etc and I thought you did a great job imitating some of the Christian fanatics out there. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who finds crazy Christians amusing.
Another mention of P.A.R.O.D.Y., this time in a British daily national newspaper:
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article352580.ece
I'm not entirely clear if they're in on the joke or not - one would hope they were, but the tone of the article doesn't offer much evidence of that.
I guess maybe no-one knows what the word parody means any more?
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A friend sent me a link to this way back in '03, and being full on goth at the time, roaring from my first Marilyn Manson album, "Bowling For Columbine" and my beloved stick of kohl, I adored it, naturally. Just refound the link, and I'm delighted to see it's still up and attracting incomprehension. The flames are almost as good as the site itself. As a bisexual pink-haired ex-goth (electro & techno claimed my soul, I'm afraid) I can only appreciate your observations, and point and laugh (as kindly as possible) at those who seem unable to get the joke, be they humourless goths or piqued religious types. When will people start realising that regardless of inclinations, it's all slap and drag until you get down to the genes?
best wishes,
NAME WITHHELD
My guard goes up when I find a site that insists upon its harmless content. Trying to make light of lifestyles like the Goths is, of course, your business, but I for one see the consequences of their harmless, devil-may-care (forgive the pun) lifestyle and attitude.
I have taught school in 4 decades and I have yet to find a follower of the ‘goth’ way who was happy or well-adjusted. They are very sad, bleak people. Many I have known have ended up dead from suicide, in mental health care or in jail.
I don’t necessarily blame a lifestyle for these poor soul’s troubles. We all have free will and make choices. No one holds a gun to someone’s head and makes them behave in a certain way, but glorifying or explaining away mentalities and attitudes that promote self-destructive, alienating behavior seems reckless at best and irresponsible at worst.
I don’t think those that will live the rest of their lives with the consequences of a ‘goth’ lark like Colombine would find anything amusing or witty in this site. It is hurtful and insensitive.