The Finnish school shootings and KMFDM

The talking heads at TV3 news have decided to latch on to the fact that the Finnish shooter listened to KMFDM, as did one of the Columbine shooters as the factor linking the two horrible tragedies.

What the hell?

Seriously, do we as a nation honestly believe that is the music that drives people to these acts? Can we really think it's as simple as being able to blame the bands they listen to? Is there not something here that should have shown things were more markedly wrong, like when he posted on his website what he was planning to do, and when he was planning to do it?

And it's odd that KMFDM should be singled out, as they're a band with a social conscience who are surprisingly anti-violence.

Isn't it that people who are feeling alienated and violent are more attracted to this type of music, rather than this music turns them to violence?

Anyway, my thoughts go to those affected by the shootings.

And I'm going out leaving you with a few sections of KMFDM's song Dogma

We fear that pop-culture is the only culture we're ever going to have
We want to stop reading magazines
Stop watching T.V.
Stop caring about Hollywood
But we're addicted to the things we hate
...
Ask not what you can do for your country
Ask what your country did to you
...
We owe so much money we're not broke we're broken
We're so poor we can't even pay attention
...
You are more than the sum of what you consume
Desire is not an occupation
You are alternately thrilled and desperate
Skyhigh and fucked
Let's stop praying for someone to save us and start saving ourselves

Peace out.