MCR march

So i dont see why you are getting so worked up about it.
The march is taking place the other side of the world.
I'm sure you agree with the right to peaceful protest, no matter what the cause.
if someone wanted to march because they stopped stocking their favourite ice-cream in a particular supermarket then so be it. It's all about freedom of expression.
These kind of protests are quite commonplace here in the UK.

But the point is, the article is more about the fans than the band. And it is the fans who are protesting. The supposed "suicide-cult" members taking a stand. MCR may not sue every one who writes negative articles about them, but that doesnt mean the fans who are implicated in said article shouldnt have their say. Especially seeing as the Daily Mail has disabled the online comments on the article which gives them freedom of speech.

As for the media and music, Elvis Presley was condemned as the anti-christ when he started out because of his sexually charged stage performances.

I stand by what I said previously, if people feel strongly enough to protest it is their right to do so.

Scentless Apprentice:

Bang on. Since over the past fortnight or so the Daily Mail managed to publish two (badly-written and badly-researched) articles about the 'emo' cult and blamed bands such as MCR, Blink-182 and Good Charlotte (I mean, what the hell?) for it, I think MCR fans have the right to protest about it, whether MCR could fight it themselves or not. As Gerard said, we're an army, not a cult.

I'd like to know what you're basing your "badly -written and badly-researched articles" remark on.
As a journalist myself, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the articles.
The research conducted was fine, as I have said in a previous post, journalists generally don't have the time to go out and read every single thing written on a topic, or the story will lose it's news value.
But, again as I said earlier, just because you don't agree with an article, it doesn't mean it's wrong/badly researched. It's not your opinion, which is fine- each to their own, but it doesn't make it any less valid.
As for the badly written aspect, again, that's just the journalists preference.

And by saying things such as "As Gerard said, we're an army, not a cult.", you're really doing nothing to change the public's perception.
If anything, statements like that would reinforce the cult like image being put forward.

Tallulah; Schechter:

But the point is, the article is more about the fans than the band. And it is the fans who are protesting. The supposed "suicide-cult" members taking a stand. MCR may not sue every one who writes negative articles about them, but that doesnt mean the fans who are implicated in said article shouldnt have their say. Especially seeing as the Daily Mail has disabled the online comments on the article which gives them freedom of speech.

As for the media and music, Elvis Presley was condemned as the anti-christ when he started out because of his sexually charged stage performances.

I stand by what I said previously, if people feel strongly enough to protest it is their right to do so.

well the daily mail is just going to do that pin you as a suicide cult and this march will probably make it worse for the trillion sixteen and under mcr fans who are overacting freakishly over the subject.

your entitled to have your free speech, your not entitled to send abuse over the Internet. the daily mail website is a privately run and owned outlet for their newspaper and since that means its just an outlet for their business they're entitled to deny you of the right to use it through comments

im all for marching for a good cause. this just isn't one in my opinion sure your within your right to voice your angst and what not but personally this doesn't warrant a full march through London.

your entitled to free speech
your entitled the right to assemble and demonstrate

but i think this an abuse of these rights considering these rights were initially set up to fight injustices that really matter, things that effect human living standards and other things that plague society. not to have a giant whine because a group of people dislike what a reporters had to say about a band and its fans.

it comes down to perspective too thats the way he or she sees it thats his prerogative to report it in the manner he sees fit but a lot of journalism offends people thats a given doesn't mean every time people get slammed in the public forum they protest about it.

im very aware of Elvis status at the time of his rise but i don't think a horde of fans went on a public march through the cities in America.

Oh hey im going to that protest if you will. Im going to sport my Free Hugs tshirt for those who need the luuurve

Man, It is kindof a waste of time. I mean, I'll protest for saving animals, police brutality, stuff like that that is physical harm and like stuff that DOES need to be stopped but even MCR say that if there weren't those people tho poke and pry at certain artists about what they suposedly say and do then there wouldn't be much to it if everybody agreed. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And The true MCR fans know that MCR wouldn't want us to be doing anything to cause harm to ourselves or to get ourselves rounded up by a bunch of police for something as simple as them writing a bull shit article that the true fans can sit and not take it to heart. Like, no offence but we can't take things like that seriously. We know the truth and the members of My chemical romance already know we'd do anything for them and know how much they mean to us. We prove that every time we go out to a show and support them and every time we don't pay attention to the bullshit somebody writes and publishes.

Meagan.:

the protest thing in UK about MCR has a little spot on Perez Hilton

As someone else pointed out - it's quite clear that so far, the only thing such plans have done is given the band an even more negative impression.
In fact, it makes it look like the band have become personally involved, and have asked of their fans to protest - which isn't the case at all.
It's creating bad publicity for the band and their fans, and great publicity for the Daily Mail.
I don't see how this is helping the situation.

I could not care less about any bad publicity received due to the reason that MCR have been called a "cult" 3 times already, so it can't really get any worse.
The Guardian have contacted the organiser, they are a Labour newspaper who intensely dislike The Daily Mail. With possible positive articles combined from Kerrang, The Guardian, and maybe even The Times, the Daily Mail are going to look stupid if they twist this again.

Of course, The Daily Mail are going to twist this for sure, but it doesn't really matter because they won't be coming out with anything new.
This march is going to be a one-off, it's not going to happen again so if the media want to ignore the message then that's their choice. What matters is that we've had the oppertunity to express that intolerance and scapegoating music is unacceptable.