“It tore us up emotionally hearing someone say to the judge and the cameras that this is a band that creates music that kills young people. We accept that some people don't like heavy metal, but we can't let them convince us that it's negative and destructive. Heavy metal is a friend that gives people great pleasure and enjoyment and helps them through hard times. “Whether there's any 'subliminal effect' from the court, I don't know, but we certainly couldn't let it interfere with our creativity.” PeopleKnowsGivingHardHelpingYoungPleasureAcceptingCreativityEffectsJudgingBandNegativeCamerasCourtHeavyHearingEnjoymentHard TimesDestructiveConvinceMetalsInterfereHeavy MetalSubliminalConvince UsThrough Hard Times Author:Rob Halford
“When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or the ordination of women, then that means that she is no longer allowed to live out her own identity and that, instead, an abstract, negative religion is being made into a tyrannical standard that everyone must follow. That is then seemingly freedom — for the sole reason that it is liberation from the previous situation.” PeopleTryingMeanMadeReasonNamesForceChurchSituationExampleIdentityPositionStandardsNegativeCatholicDiscriminationLiberationAbstractSoleHomosexualityCatholic ChurchOrdination Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among younger people who are told they shouldn't do this because it’s got all these negative effects, but then older people are engaging in all kinds of things that probably have a greater impact on people.” PeopleThinkingKindDealsGreaterEffectsNegativeImpactAll KindsHypocrisyMarijuanaEngagingOlder PeopleUnfairness Author:Barney Frank