You guys sound like a bunch of christian soccer moms complaining that heavy metal has "fostered an environment where these events are sadly predictable"
When "metal" music comes to be as pervasive as "right wing political rhetoric", complete with a television network promoting that "metal" is the only acceptable form of music, then we've arrived at the point when "metal" and "right wing political rhetoric" are comparable items. Until then, "right wing political rhetoric" has far more power to twist susceptible minds into doing undesirable things.
Moose
"I prefer my metal music to be via a giant saxophone"
Image via current avatar - Anthony Braxton playing what I believe to be a contrabass saxophone. At some future time this image will probably turn into that of a cat, having nothing to do with heavy metal.
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Add big image after changing avatar.
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose