Bockaaarck
Active Member
I think i'll get hatemail for this response :err:
"Well the negative reaction to the T-Shirt your nephew was wearing perhaps does seem a little unreasonable. I guess the majority of us will have some sympathy and understanding of the situation being fellow fans of the band, perhaps ourselves having been 'judged' for wearing a Maiden or other metal band shirt, but lets look at it this way.......
In comparison to, shall we say the following examples?
1) The Madrid Train station bombings, which killed 191 people
2) The Asian tsunami death toll, of approximately 220,000 people
3) The Irish Potato Famine between 1845-1848, which claimed the lives of over half a million Irish men, women and children.
4) Pol Pots murderous regime in Cambodia that eliminated over 2 Million of the countries population
5) The total number of deaths suffered by both the civilian population and military forces of the Soviet Union during world war II, conservatively estimated at 11,700,000 people (some estimates reach up to 27,000,000 people)
And lastly...
6) The Black Death, which ravished and decimated Europe during the mid 14th century. Which killed and estimated 75 Million people, probably up to half or two thirds of the continents entire population at the time....
Where abouts on that list do we think this T-Shirt issue sits........number 4 maybe, pushing Pol Pot down to number 5................bit lower.....perhaps in the top 20.......ok that's pushing it, what about a top 500 slot, somewhere around there....
I know this is coming across as a really negative post, I really believe your nephew should be able to wear his T-Shirt at school. I've had the same problems when I was at school and college, not being allowed to wear Maiden or Priest T-Shirts.
I also understand your clear appreciation of the recent awful tragedy at Virginia Tech. I guess what I’m trying to say is, bearing in mind all the awful situations that could be faced by your nephew now, or even in the near or distant future, is this issue really 'that' important?"
"Well the negative reaction to the T-Shirt your nephew was wearing perhaps does seem a little unreasonable. I guess the majority of us will have some sympathy and understanding of the situation being fellow fans of the band, perhaps ourselves having been 'judged' for wearing a Maiden or other metal band shirt, but lets look at it this way.......
In comparison to, shall we say the following examples?
1) The Madrid Train station bombings, which killed 191 people
2) The Asian tsunami death toll, of approximately 220,000 people
3) The Irish Potato Famine between 1845-1848, which claimed the lives of over half a million Irish men, women and children.
4) Pol Pots murderous regime in Cambodia that eliminated over 2 Million of the countries population
5) The total number of deaths suffered by both the civilian population and military forces of the Soviet Union during world war II, conservatively estimated at 11,700,000 people (some estimates reach up to 27,000,000 people)
And lastly...
6) The Black Death, which ravished and decimated Europe during the mid 14th century. Which killed and estimated 75 Million people, probably up to half or two thirds of the continents entire population at the time....
Where abouts on that list do we think this T-Shirt issue sits........number 4 maybe, pushing Pol Pot down to number 5................bit lower.....perhaps in the top 20.......ok that's pushing it, what about a top 500 slot, somewhere around there....
I know this is coming across as a really negative post, I really believe your nephew should be able to wear his T-Shirt at school. I've had the same problems when I was at school and college, not being allowed to wear Maiden or Priest T-Shirts.
I also understand your clear appreciation of the recent awful tragedy at Virginia Tech. I guess what I’m trying to say is, bearing in mind all the awful situations that could be faced by your nephew now, or even in the near or distant future, is this issue really 'that' important?"
