04 Sunday Nov 2018
Posted in music, Religion, Uncategorized
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christianity, Jesus Christ, music, quotes, religion, Slayer, song lyrics
You spend your life just kissing ass
A trait that’s grown as time has past
You think the world will end today
You praise the lord, that’s all you say.
Jesus saves, listen to you pray
You think you’ll see the pearly gates
When death takes you away.
I wanted to play this song for Jimmy Swaggart. Hopefully Slayer will play it tomorrow night.
29 Saturday Sep 2018
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23 Monday Jul 2018
Posted in books, Religion, television, Uncategorized
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Americans, Book of Mormon, books, christianity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, films, Great Britain, intolerance, islam, Mormons, religion, South Park, television
Baby Jesus as a sausage roll
The above picture appeared in a UK newspaper just before Christmas last year. It was an ad for the firm Gregg’s who sell pastry products on the High Streets of most cities and towns in the country. As a result, some Christian groups were up in arms because they said that the picture insults Christianity. When asked if they were making a big deal over nothing, their response was, “Other religions wouldn’t have tolerated it if the insult had been directed at their religion.”
What they were talking about is Islam. Over the past few years we have seen Islamic attacks in Paris and Denmark which have resulted in death because some Muslims had taken offense at cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed or another aspect of their religion. While some Christian leaders and politicians have said that Muslims shouldn’t cry “foul” over everything and I see their point, other Christian groups have used it to take offense over anything they see that might “insult” Christianity. Does everybody see the dangerous circle this might lead to?
Religious persons taking offense at something they see which might insult their religion is nothing new. My first experience of this was back when I was nine. In 1970, I loved to watch a comedy programme called “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.” I mentioned this to a friend whose family were staunch Catholics. Sadly, my friend stated that he wasn’t allowed to watch the programme because his parents said it made fun of the Catholic religion. While it could be said that the parents might have gone a bit over the top, it could also be said that they did the right thing by simply not allowing their children to watch it. I don’t remember any outcries from the Catholic Church to ban the show or any death threats against anyone in connection with it.
Roll on nine years later when a film came out which many Christians cried foul at. I am talking about Monty Python’s “Life of Brian.” Christian groups in both the US and UK protested against the film coming to their local cinemas and one local council in the UK banned it totally. Even the minister at my local church told the congregation not to go see the film. The thing was, I already had and I saw nothing blasphemous in the film. True, Jesus gives his sermon on the mount early in the film but scene focuses more on people standing at the back who might have had problems hearing him. Remember, there were no PA systems back in 31 A.D. The film also poked fun at the religious fanaticism of the Jewish Pharisees but I don’t remember hearing any cryings of foul from the Hebrew faith at the time. What I found most amusing and accurate was how it poked fun at left wing groups. In the film it was the Judean People’s Front or was it The People’s Front of Judea. Either way, while these groups had the same cause, they didn’t like each other.
A full decade later, another film got up the noses of Christians in both my birth and adopted countries to the point there were threats of bombing any cinema showing the film. This film was “The Last Temptation of Christ,” a film by Martin Scorcese, which is an alternative look at the life of Jesus. I never saw the film all the way through and I’ll get to why in a minute but apparently, there’s a scene when Jesus is on the cross, he has a fantasy about having sex with Mary Magdalene. I don’t know because when I saw the film, I only watched up til his baptism by John the Baptist. After that, I switched it off, not because of any perceived blasphemous content, I turned it off because I thought the movie was a complete pile of crap. Furthermore, I bet if there hadn’t been such an uproar over the film by Christian groups, then ten people world wide might have gone to the cinema to see it.
Shortly after the furor over “The Last Temptation of Christ” the first account I know of Muslims taking offense came about. The book, “The Satanic Verses” by Salmon Rushdie caused a lot of stir with Muslims stating that the book blasphemed the Prophet Mohammed and was an affront to Islam. Death threats were made against the author who had to go into hiding for his own protection.
A few years ago, the creators of the TV show South Park, wrote a play called “The Book of Mormon.” The play is about two Mormon missionaries in Uganda and it does poke fun at some of the core beliefs of the LDS faith. While the church’s response to the play was ‘measured’ and I don’t doubt that individual members might have taken offense to it, there were no death threats or cryings of “blasphemy” from Salt Lake City. In fact, one of the leading general authorities of the church when asked about it responded, “Hey, it’s free publicity for the church.” The church even bought advertising space when the play was on Broadway.
This leads me to my point. Maybe all faiths, Christian, Muslim, Thor worshiper etc. should follow the example of the Mormons. Things would be better if those who follow religion don’t seek to take offense at things said about their faith, especially if it was meant as a joke. Develop a sense of humour and maybe there might not be so much spouting of hate from religious groups. 
One final point: There is an episode of South Park where a Mormon family moves into the town. The young son tries to be friends with one of the main characters, Stan. However, Stan is all caught up in the authenticity of the Book of Mormon and tries to prove it’s not divinely inspired. Yes, the show comically makes the point that the story behind the origin of The Book of Mormon might be dodgy but they make a very good point at the end. In the final scene the Mormon boy says to Stan, “So what if Joseph Smith made it all up, The Book of Mormon gives me guidelines to live by and it makes me happy. All I wanted to do was be your friend but you couldn’t see past my religion. Stan, you have a lot of growing up to do.”
The point here is to not judge people by their religion or be quick to take offense at any perceived blasphemies against their own. The world would be a better place.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532371935&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
05 Monday Mar 2018
Posted in Autism, Bullying, Religion, School Shootings, Uncategorized
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1970s, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, books, bullying, fantasies, guns, He Was Weird, religion, stereotypes
From my very first post on Peaceful Rampage, I stated that whenever I heard about a school shooting, my first reaction was, “This could have been me.” The reason why it was never me was down to having no access to guns. Even if I had access, I still wouldn’t have shot up my school because back when I was going through the bullying hell, it was the early 1970s and school shootings were events which occurred in large inner city school as was very often gang related. Therefore, the thought of going into my school with a gun and shooting everyone in cold blood never entered my mind.
Thinking back, while I might not have thought about my school, I did used to fantasize that I was a junior police officer and had my own gun. In those fantasies, I would save the city from robberies and such where I would shoot the bad guys but those fantasies also included shooting some of the bullies when they were aggressive towards me because I was acting in self defense. So, that means the potential for me to carry out a school shooting was there, just thank God I had no guns.
Everyone has reasons why school shootings happen. Some of these are quite plausible while others are not. Access to guns is a definite contributor to why shootings happen. You can’t shoot anyone if you don’t have a gun. Bullying is another but that depends on the mind of the shooter and their idea of how bad the bullying was. Mental illness can definitely play a part. If a person has mental issues, then that person can be much more easily pushed over the edge and snap. These can all play a part as to why shootings occur. Another argument is religion being taken out of schools. That children today have no spiritual compass and if the ten commandments were hanging in every classroom, then children would be less likely to shoot up their school. Now, I am not knocking religion, I have my own beliefs there and many people have changed their lives and find great comfort and joy in finding God. But forcing it on people is more likely to have the opposite effect. In “He Was Weird,” Mark believes God is behind his school shooting from verses in the Bible in Deuteronomy, where God is commanding the Israelites to wipe the Canaanites off the face of the Earth. One could argue that the Bible drove him to kill. It didn’t but it did give him courage. However, I don’t think the music of Marilyn Manson drove anyone to kill.
Marilyn Manson- He didn’t inspire Mark in He Was Weird
I think the main contributor to school shootings is the setting of the school. The ones where the ‘weird’ kid is outcast, bullied and made to feel they don’t belong anywhere. Students and at times teachers treat such a person in a way they feel bad about themselves. In short, no one tolerates a ‘weirdo.’ What they fail to understand is that the kid might have mental problems. Like Mark, he might have Asperger’s Syndrome or DAMP or some other mental affliction. Bullying or mercilessly teasing that person or doing anything along those lines isn’t the way to go about it. People are different and because they don’t conform to your idea of what is “normal,” it doesn’t mean you exclude them or bully them or anything else. Because if that person has access to guns and snaps, well, we know what the end result of that is. Fortunately, I didn’t.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520281520&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
24 Wednesday Jan 2018
Posted in Autism, books, Parents, Religion, Uncategorized
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anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, books, D.A.M.P., death, He Was Weird, Jesus Christ, Mothers, religion
Going to my mother in law’s funeral last week has led to much contemplation on my part, especially at the viewing the day before it. For most people, seeing their loved one’s body, no matter how nicely it’s laid out, will be an upsetting experience. My wife, youngest stepdaughter and youngest stepson were all visibly very upset at seeing their mother/grandmother laid out, knowing that she is no longer with us. My stepson had to leave the room and I went out to keep him company. However, he did go back into the room a few minutes later. So, I can see how upsetting the whole affair surrounding death can be.
I didn’t feel upset at the viewing. Now, I’m not some sort of heart of stone person but looking at her body, which looked very much at peace, I didn’t feel the need to be outwardly sad. While I loved my mother in law, especially her barmy sense of humour and I did feel some sadness, all I saw was someone who was now at peace. She did suffer for the past few months of her life and her rapid deterioration, brought on by dementia, was agonizing for all to see. Now that she’s gone, that pain and suffering is over and now she is at peace. That was what was going through my mind the entire time I was in the room viewing her body. Also, I would like to think for my own well being that she has gone onto a better place.
Thinking back to the other two times, I’ve been to a viewing, I realize that I felt the same way. Though I can’t say much about my cousin’s viewing as I was only sixteen at the time, I know for a fact I felt the exact same way when my grandfather passed away in 1983. While many people in the church were shedding tears, I saw that my grandfather was now at peace. Am I being strange to think like this?
The thing about DAMP is that people who have the condition do see things from a different perspective. I wonder if this is what I’m doing. That instead of seeing the fact that a loved one is no longer with us, I am seeing them at peace and believing that their spirit has now gone to a better place. There is part of me who thinks that by doing this, I am somehow disrespecting the memory of the deceased but most of my mind rejects this thought. I don’t really think I’m having evil thoughts by feeling this way. If anything, I’m just trying to see the good in it all.
For the most part, this part of my DAMP or Asperger’s Syndrome may be considered a blessing and I’d like to thing it is. However, there is another aspect of those conditions I have where in this case it’s a curse. Most of the time, my ability to recall and retain obscure facts is beneficial but not here. I don’t really like the fact that I’ve noticed that within the last two years that my mother in law and ex mother in law have passed away. I’d rather not have known that.
Maybe this is why that when I wrote “He Was Weird,” I made Mark’s body appear to be so at peace at his funeral. People in attendance saw a peaceful young boy and found it hard to believe that he had carried out such an atrocity. Actually, I had no debate in my mind as to whether or not to portray it any other way.
In closing, I would like to just say: Rest in peace Josephine Camps and Rest in peace Ann Williams
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516823247&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
01 Monday Jan 2018
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Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Bible, Bill and Ted, christianity, films, holidays, music, religion
First, let me wish all of you a Happy New Year for 2018! Now, I am going to tell everyone about a new change to Peaceful Rampage for the new year which will continue on indefinitely. I’ll be posting more but with a difference. I’ll still make a weekly posts about things on my mind, experiences from my past which relate and I’ll continue to highlight injustices against victims of bullying. However, in between those posts, there will be shorter, very short posts where I’ll be quoting song lyrics that have been chiseled into my mind or have relevant meaning at a particular time.
Ever since I can remember, even through my most dedicated religious periods, song lyrics have stamped their presence in my mind. When there is stress going through my mind, it’s a line from a particular song that comes to mind to combat the stress. When there is a point to be made, I can usually find an appropriate lyric to help me make it. It has come to the point now that there are so many lyrics dancing around in my mind, I feel the need to share them with the world. Who knows, there may be a time when a particular lyric might be beneficial to you.
My Asperger’s affected mind now has visions of religious zealots being horrified at the thought of my mind being influenced by musical lyrics. They’ll say that Satan has corrupted me through evil rock music. I say that’s all a lot of bo**oks! During my religious periods, I did sometimes have Bible verses and later Book of Mormon verses and sometimes they helped. However, in accordance with my view on all religions, they didn’t solve the problem. On the other hand, I know that song lyrics won’t solve any problems but they can be just as uplifting and stress easing as any religious verse. Also, I must point out that no song lyric has ever encouraged me to sacrifice a goat, commit mass murder or hate America. That too is something the religious people got wrong.
Susan Boyle- one person with Asperger’s who has definitely benefited by song.
That’s enough of me prattling on. I thought I start this new addition with some lyrics quoted very well in the movie “Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey.” This is when they came before God and had to quote the meaning of life.
Bill, Ted and Death stand before God
“Every rose has its thorn
Just like every nighttime has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song”
Happy New Year!
15 Wednesday Nov 2017
Posted in Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
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christianity, hate, intolerance, Marine Corps, Military, Mothers, rednecks, religion
With my mind still racing from my last post on how America considered its military between the years 1973-89 a joke and the fact that I don’t like to write posts over 1,000 words if I can help it, I decided to continue my peaceful rampage on the subject. Rednecks weren’t the only ones who looked down on those serving in the armed forces between those years. So-called Christians were just as bad towards us. While unlike rednecks, they didn’t call us a joke, they did consider military personnel to be all a bunch of Godless heathens. Some even went as far as that the military should be a mission field in order to save their Godless souls.
When I declared that I wanted to enlist in the Marines when I was in high school, there was some rumblings in my local church about my desire to do so. A lot of the rumblings were started by my mother who thought I would be wasting my life by giving four years of it to my country added on by a documentary she watched in 1978, the year before I joined, which said that the Marine Corps was full of convicted murderers. I can safely say that during my four years of service, I never met anyone I would consider a murderer.
Apparently, there was going to be someone at my church who was going to talk to me about going into the military. I know it wasn’t the pastor because he was a former Navy corpsman who served with the marines. Regardless, that talk never happened and I enlisted. The real funny thing about that was that most of the older adults in the church were complimentary of me going in and all of them wished me good luck. It was my peers who thought I was crazy for taking four years out of my life and giving it to my country. They seemed to be more convinced that all of the ‘heathens’ who made up the US military were going to turn me from the Lord.
Thinking back, I have to give Linwood Community Church credit where it was due. They did seem to be the most supportive of me while I was serving. Even when I was home on leave for two weeks and didn’t shave the entire time, none of them made any comments about it. They all seemed to understand that I was just taking a break from military life and would go back to being a marine when that leave was up. However, I know of other churches that weren’t so supportive. I did go with a friend to another church in uniform and while I didn’t want any special fuss made about me, I was ignored and even looked upon with some sort of disdain by some of the so-called strong Christians in that church. A lot of Christian churches weren’t as welcoming to serving persons.
Ah, another amusing note from my past. I worked at a Christian summer camp during the three summers in my high school years. At a winter reunion after my final summer there, I announced to all my Christian colleagues that I had enlisted. When it was time to say the closing prayer, the camp leader prayed for the Lord to watch over me while I was in the Marines and that even there, I become a witness for Christ.
After my service was up, that church was still supportive of me, now a veteran. Though there were still some in the church who thought the military was evil. It was that other church I mentioned who seemed to be more patronizing towards me. Because of the fact that I did backslide while I was in, it was concrete proof for them that the military was evil. If I’m honest, a lot of so-called Christians did view armed forces personnel with disdain. They were evil and needed to be saved and that was their excuse for treating military persons like crap.
These days, I get comments from current and recently served military persons who say that their churches have been really supportive of them. One went as far as to apologize for me having such a bad experience with Christianity. I informed him that it was Christianity I had the problem with, just a lot of those who professed to be Christians. I am glad to hear that these days, Christians are supporting and not condemning those who serve their country. Maybe they have repented of their actions in the years between 1973-89.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510776111&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
04 Monday Sep 2017
Posted in Autism, Religion, Uncategorized
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Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Bible, christianity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, films, Jesus Christ, Mormons, religion, solar system
Edge of Space
Let’s begin with one that has been swirling around in my mind for many years, my thoughts on the origin of our world. True, I was brought up in a Christian household and attended Sunday School nearly every Sunday as a child and went to church on most Sundays as well. Therefore, I have been taught all about how God created the Earth, sun and moon and everything else. However, I did receive a good education and attended college and therefore have heard non religious theories about how our world was formed and evolved. Having absorbed all of this information and processed it around my strange but wonderful mind, I am now ready to put forward my own theory. We’ll call it Mike’s Theory.
First of all, evolutionists and some creationists as well have the wrong view of how God might have created the world. They think of God as some sort of cowboy builder going around the space with a big cigar in his mouth, okay I’m kidding about the cigar, and saying, “Ooh, I think we’ll put a planet here and maybe if we hook it up with that star over there, we can get light for it” I could go on but I won’t. Here’s the thing people on both sides of the argument forget. If God created everything, he also created the laws of science and would have used those laws in forming our world. Therefore, he would have sent heavenly bodies flying across the solar system and crashing into each other. The moon could very well have been formed by a smaller body crashing into our Earth and then breaking off with the bit which would become our moon stuck in Earth’s gravitational pull. In any case, would have been much easier for God to use these scientific laws as opposed to creating a world out of nothing. After all the resources required would have already been there for him.
God the cowboy builder and I suppose that’s his companion Jesus behind him.
Of all the religious theories about creation I have heard, my best conclusions came during my decade in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also called the Mormons. They don’t believe that the world was created out of nothing either. In fact, their belief says that matter was already floating around in space where God would have wanted to make a world so he just went there and organised the matter into something. Again, he would have used the laws of science to help him in organizing his world.
Now comes the length of time it took for our world to form. I don’t think the world was made in six 24 hour long days. While, I’m not trying to convert anyone to Mormonism here, I do think their interpretation of day works for me. There are several definitions of the word day. First, there’s the 24 hour period we all know. Then the Bible says a day is like 1000 years but the meaning of day I use here is the unspecified amount of time. Right now, we are living in the day of technology. Can anyone say when that day began or when it will end? I can’t. So, each of those six ‘days’ where God created the world were unspecified times. Any of those days could have lasted millions of years for all we know. It would have taken time for the Earth to heat and cool and then for oceans to form and then plants, animals and finally humans. The length of time of each of those days is not known to us.
Now onto humans. Even the Bible says that animals were around before humans. Again, animals could have been around for millions of years and many species, including the dinosaurs, would have come and gone. Eventually ape type creatures would have also appeared and they being the closest relatives to man, would have been the springboard to which man was created. There could have been Neanderthals and Crow Magnon people before modern humans were on the Earth and even co existed with them. We don’t know and while religious literature gives us no indication of this, it is wrong to discount that they were never there.
So I guess I am a creationist however, I believe that biblical and other religious accounts of how our world came to be aren’t complete. Maybe the ancient writers thought we wouldn’t understand all the science or more probably, didn’t understand it themselves. Whether or not you believe in God creating the world or evolution, you have to admit, whoever did it did an amazing job. It’s just a damn shame that humans seem intent on messing it up.
If you think I’m weird for my theories, then you should read He Was Weird, here’s the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504541929&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
29 Tuesday Aug 2017
Posted in Autism, Education, Uncategorized
The only truly logical person I know.
During the half century plus six years, I have been alive, many thoughts have come and gone in my mind. This is a trait with many people with Asperger’s Syndrome and DAMP, two things I believe I have but have never been formally diagnosed with. You can believe that many a topic from sports to politics to religion have danced around my brain daring me to make some sort of sense of it all in my mind. I have come to my own conclusions on many of these topics while others are still providing lots of questions inside my brain. Therefore, what I am going to do now is to share my thoughts on many things here on Peaceful Rampage.
I’ve never been very vocal about my thoughts, mainly because out of fear that they won’t match others. See, one issue I have spent a lifetime grappling with is my belief that if someone has a different view than me, then mine must be wrong. I wrote a post about this many moons ago called, “I’m Always Wrong,” if you would like to read this. These days, I have come to the understanding that my beliefs might not agree with others and in many cases I am probably in the minority. After all, I was only one of 2% of Americans who voted for Jill Stein for president last year. So, I know that what I am going to post over the next few posts may not agree with the norm, I am going to do so anyway because the objective here is to point out things that prove my insanity. Some of my beliefs and theories may seem outlandish to some.
Green Party Candidate Jill Stein
I hope that you will come along for the ride. You may find what you read amusing and even enlightening but you will also get an insight into the workings of my weird and wonderful brain. Anyone who doesn’t agree with any of the points I make, they are free to tell me they disagree here. I am open minded although unlike me of the past, I won’t automatically change my thoughts to your way of thinking. The only thing I ask of everyone is that if any debate should develop, people express their opinions in a civilized manner and not resort to hurling insults at one another.
One last point, my other fear is that I am straying away from the original objective of this blog, to sell my book “He Was Weird.” It is my bizarre hope that once people are introduced to my insane mind, they will see what motivated me to write the book and hopefully but it.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504034377&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
24 Wednesday May 2017
Posted in books, Bullying, Education, Politics, Religion, School Shootings, Story Settings, Uncategorized
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books, bullying, christianity, Columbine, computer games, films, He Was Weird, Jello Biafra, Politics, religion, school shootings, schools, teasing
It would be a complete lie if I didn’t admit that a large part of my writing “He Was Weird” was influenced by the speech by Jello Biafra I heard in 2005. After all, it was that speech that made me realize that in the case of school shootings, this could have been me. Also like Jello, one of the reasons why it was never me was that I had no access to guns or any money to go out and buy them. What I can say was that speech made me think and reflect back to less happier times in my past and that got me to write the book.
For the record, I never intentionally plagiarized anything Mr Biafra said in that speech. If anything, I took what was said and went the opposite way with it. The best example was with Jello’s constant identification of religion. In some of the school shootings he refers to, Columbine included, he points out the “being bullied to believe” attitude that permeates many small towns in America. He attacks the attitude that if children had more religion in their lives, they wouldn’t do such horrible things. Yes, I find it difficult not to laugh at that notion too. So what I did in the book was to make Mark a Born Again Christian. Fairly early in the story, he accepts Jesus as his Saviour but that does nothing to quell the bullying hell he is suffering. While his conversion leads to the best week of his young life, it is also short lived. What religion does do for Mark in preparation for his big day is to give him courage to carry out his rampage via two verses in the Bible. I guess hanging the ten commandments up in the classroom wouldn’t have prevented the shooting in this case.
Jello Biafra
Another big part of that speech playfully attacks those who are convinced that Marilyn Manson and violent computer games like Doom causes school shootings. I never followed the argument that games like Doom desensitize a person from violence. Most kids and adults play these games as a release and nothing more. Killing aliens and monsters and even enemy soldiers on a screen is a good way to unwind after a tough day. However, in “He Was Weird,” Mark doesn’t own any CDs or computer games that would contribute to him carrying out his shooting. No Marilyn Manson or Doom, the only music the police find in Mark’s room after the shooting are by two Christian Rock bands and the only computer games are an ice hockey game and the Age of Empires series. Of course, the latter is blamed on Mark’s rampage by some people. They argue that those games gave Mark the military know how to carry out his plan that day. As a result, some victims try to sue Microsoft and others try to get the teacher who ran the computer games club fired. Well, they had to blame something I guess.
Marilyn Manson-
There are probably other things in Jello Biafra’s speech which also influenced my writing of “He Was Weird.” These are only minor points and if I remember them, I’ll post about those in the future. The biggest things were religion and the belief that music and computer games cause school shootings.
To buy He Was Weird, go to https://www.amazon.co.uk/He-Was-Weird-Michael-Lefevre/dp/1909740942/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495650963&sr=1-1&keywords=he+was+weird
