How music should not be

I was reading on a website that in Mexico, several hundred metalheads and punkers “joined forces” to banish some emo kids from a city center. I think that this is pathetic. Really! And pitiful!

This is what is called a “religious war”, something that leads to nothing more than people getting hurt! It is a battle of mine is bigger than yours, nothing more!

I don’t think that music should ever lead to this kind of manifestations! Music starts a lot of passion and a lot of emotions, and when these get in the way of reason, this kind of events take place.

I remember we also had a place where we used to meet while in highschool, a place we used to call “to stones”, which is actually the main square of the city. There were some stone ornaments there, with flowers, where we just used to sit and..actually do nothing for a few hours. Only talk, meet, socialize. This place was the main point of meeting for rock fans all over the city! You used to see there only long hair, boots, leather and jeans jackets, etc.

I think that it was something that belonged to 2 generations, mine and the one before me, because I found it there, but I realized that after I finished highschool kids didn’t go there anymore, even if when I was in the highschool that place was full of 15-18 years old rockers! This was kind of a surprise to me! However, I think that after I finished highschool, rock was not a trend anymore, but that’s an other story.

However, I don’t remember that we’ve ever faced such events while there! In 4 years of going “to stones” I have never seen such manifestations of force or stupidity. I can only imagine that if something like this would have happened it would have been a bloodshed ’cause this was a social thing already!

That is why I reacted very emotionally to this news, I think that people overreact when it comes to emotions and passion and that learning a bit about freedom of expression should be a must in everyone’s life.

If you think for a moment, isn’t this what the music is all about?

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