MCR march

i know theres a similar thread on the mcr bands forum but i thnk not everyone goes there so i really wanted this to go on the discussion board for discussion.

anyways
after what alot of people have considered to be bad press for the daily mail some people ahve banded together to march
heres an exerpt from their site

"This is where you guys come in. We are organizing a peaceful protest outside the Daily Mail's London HQ. We want to show them that we aren't a cult but an army. Obviously, we need people for a protest so, if you can get there, please come and join us. Show the world and our boys what we're made of and that we won't take any garbage.

The peaceful protest starts at Hyde Park at 9:30am. We'll meet there and then at 10am, make our way to the Daily Mail's HQ nearby in Derry Street. The protest will take place on Saturday, May 31st 2008."

now personally i think the idea is a waste of time.
for a lot of reasons.

mainly because i dont think its that much of a problem that the daily mail said those things. i mean fair enough it was just misinformed.
but in the scale of things how important is it with all the other things going on in the world.
just because some journalist at the daily mail got some things wrong it warrants a reason to march ? i think that the whole idea is absurd march for peace in Africa march to feed the poor but march because mcr got blamed for someones death ? cmon the daily mail probably wont even care.

your views please ?

i agree with you. people are always going to get misinformed on not just MCR, but almost every single band or artist out there. it would be a waste of time to protest for what a jounalist said. it wouldn't change anything because there's other places that say the same thing. most do say the same thing over and over and over again... so if they want to protest, they would be protesting everyone who said anything bad about MCR.

i mean, it is obnoxious when people say those things, because half of them aren't even true, but it's not worth to protest about it.

that would be a waste of time. i totally agree with you.

You guys are missing the point - it's not just about MCR, it's about scape-goating music in general.
Music should never be blamed because bands are not responsible for the actions of an individual.

We know for sure that The Daily Mail aren't going to welcome us with open arms after this, and we sure as hell don't want them to. The Daily Mail are a much disliked newpaper in the UK, some people even call it the "Daily Fascist".
This is a stand against terrible journalism. And no, it was not just one time that The Daily Mail have been misinformed - since 2006 they've been on an MCR witch hunt.

Even after the huge outrage displayed from the rock community as a whole from this (not just MCR fans) The Daily Mail continued to print a third article on the 15th May. They completely ignored all the criticism from a large number of people, Kerrang magazine included, and continued to display ignorance with such lines as "the black parade is a place that emos believe they go whem they die".
Such statements insult our intelligence as fans and I won't stand for that.

Who the hell cares if it's not going to change anything? We have been insulted, demeaned and treated completely unfairly.
With this protest we are going to make a point.

Even if the march doesn't do too well, we still tried to do something against ignorance and intolerence. And that's what matters.

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Even after the huge outrage displayed from the rock community as a whole from this (not just MCR fans) The Daily Mail continued to print a third article on the 15th May. They completely ignored all the criticism from a large number of people, Kerrang magazine included, and continued to display ignorance with such lines as "the black parade is a place that emos believe they go whem they die".
Such statements insult our intelligence as fans and I won't stand for that.

And you know why they continue [and will continue] to write articles like that? Because it makes for good press. Having a headline that links in a popular band with the death of an emo teenager is going to sell, and that is all that matters to them. They will (and not just the Daily Mail) write articles denouncing bands.

It's just bias, and it's something you have to get used to. Bias is everywhere. Even in shitty music magazines like Kerrang!.

Look, I know that there are so many injustices in the world.
I attended a gay rights march, and a free Burma march, both earlier this year.
The thing is, this event has directly affected us personally as fans.

My old history teacher always used to tell us this quote and I think this sums it all up:

"For evil to triumph it requires the good men to do nothing"

My Demise:

Even if the march doesn't do too well, we still tried to do something against ignorance and intolerence. And that's what matters.

Right Fuckin On Dude!
Wish I could join in but I got the problem of the Atlanic Ocean between me.

Yes I hear you Migatron / Techno Cocaine and understand where your coming from. My advise to the protesters is that the Media is its own monster and does not function like society or politics. Do not be surprised if the next day the headline reads "Massive Gathering of Brainwashed Suicial Youths Wage War On Press" But on the other hand, in such a situation you never know what can happen untill it does. Good Luck ~ Rex

the protest is a way of making them listen and letting them know that enough is enough. the daily mail have targeted MCR for quite a while now and when they start refering to MCR as a 'suicide cult' thats going way too far and fans are starting to get sick of it.
we're doing what MCR taught us to do: "be yourselves, dont take anyones shit and never let them take you alive."
it may not seem like a big deal to you, which is fine because your entitled to your own opinion but some of us feel strongly about it and feel the need to actually do something about it.
the way i see it, its like standing up to a bully. MCR and their fans have been bullied enough and the daily mail need to know we're not taking their shit anymore. its enough. and this is the most effective way to let them know that.

the Daily Mail actually have a reputation for being massive dickfarts. we're not the only ones who have tried to organise a march against them. check out this facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13523730262

if everyone in the world had the 'Oh, it wont make a difference' attitude, then black people would still be slaves, women wouldn't be able to vote, and the Berlin Wall would still be standing. So what if it doesn't make a difference, you'll never know unless you try. It isn't about My Chemical Romance being blamed for every teen suicide in the world, it's about trying to raise awareness that 'emo' isn't a cult. It's about trying to tell people that we are fed up of being treated like sh*t because we dress differently. it's about telling people that the music doesn't make us want to die, it makes us realize that there are other people out there that feel the same way we do.

The Daily Mail has always been a very opinionated newspaper, and no march is going to change that, but it might at least make people realize that we aren't stupid little self-harming ejits that should crawl back into the hole MCR dug for us, like most paper's seem to make out. It might make people realize that we are normal people, with emotions, and a taste for alternative rock.

Unfortunately, it might reinforce the idea that emo's over react about everything.

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if everyone in the world had the 'Oh, it wont make a difference' attitude, then black people would still be slaves, women wouldn't be able to vote, and the Berlin Wall would still be standing. So what if it doesn't make a difference, you'll never know unless you try. It isn't about My Chemical Romance being blamed for every teen suicide in the world, it's about trying to raise awareness that 'emo' isn't a cult. It's about trying to tell people that we are fed up of being treated like sh*t because we dress differently. it's about telling people that the music doesn't make us want to die, it makes us realize that there are other people out there that feel the same way we do.

The Daily Mail has always been a very opinionated newspaper, and no march is going to change that, but it might at least make people realize that we aren't stupid little self-harming ejits that should crawl back into the hole MCR dug for us, like most paper's seem to make out. It might make people realize that we are normal people, with emotions, and a taste for alternative rock.

Unfortunately, it might reinforce the idea that emo's over react about everything.

First of all, issues such as slavery and women's rights are much more important that issues such as MCR being portrayed negatively by a pompous newspaper. They were causes worth campaigning, fighting and protesting for. The point most people against the protest are trying to make is, that this issue is not earth-shatteringly important.

Besides, in this is old news in the media world. News papers churn out articles everyday obviously, and after a few days, stories like this one become old and stale. My guess is the blaming of MCR for the girl's death was just a spin the journo took to make it newsworthy.

Secondly, like others have mentioned, campaigning against this reinforces the fact that emos are seen to belong a cult.

Thirdly (and this really has nothing to do with the actual discussion but I'm going to say it anyway just because I can), emos don't dress "differently"; they dress quite normally compared to some other subcultures.