a couple of inflammatory comments were posted to the RATM.com message boards
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A couple?? We saw the RATM post - it was WAY more than a couple!
Those that hold on to their second amendment so tightly, try to deny the first amendment to those whose
views they disagree with
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Okay mister Holier Than Thou let me explain this to you - The COMPANY that provides RATMs board is a PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS. It is well within their own rights to refuse service to anyone they choose.
The misguided ignorant suburban white kids on that board are free to speak their minds - THATS the first amendment. However, there is a big difference WHERE they do it when its within a PRIVATELY OWNED ESTABLISHMENT such as a restaurant, bookstore, or INTERNET FORUM. Now do people have the right to complain about the RATM internet forum shutting down? Sure - thats the first amendment.
Those that hold on to their second amendment so tightly, try to deny the first amendment to those whose
views they disagree with. Personally, that makes me rather sick.
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PERSONALLY, the death of 5,000+ innocent civilians, firefighters, and policemen by the hands of biggoted homicidal maniacs MAKES ME RATHER SICK - but I guess you and I have different priorities... [rolleyes]
By the way, their whole communism thing is a gimick. Its a phony image. theres no way they're really communists -
communism is a "Nothing for Everybody" form of government, yet rage are laughing all the way to the
bank.
sure they have their charities (like giving money to free tibet- yet what are the tibetans going to do with
it when most have taken vows of poverty and complete pacifism?) but so do plenty of other bands like
U2.
Bottom line: they already have millions, and if they give some money to tibet all they need do to make it
up is to have another tour...sell a bunch of tickets...sell their concert T-shirts for $25 each...hmmm
doesn't sound too much like communism to me...sounds like good old american capitalism. if they were
really commies, wouldn't they just have lines where the people could be issued their concert ticket, CD,
and T-shirt for free much like russians in a bread line during their communist years?
Oh, you do know that Zack was the priviledged son of a famous artist, right? Also, Tom Morello went to Harvard and grew up in a white middle class neighborhood playing Dungeons & Dragons.
And these guys are supposed to be salt of the earth communists and social revolutionaries??
Whatever...
[whacko]