Monday, June 23, 2008

THE PROTEST

sa aking palagay, kung meron mang protesta na mas mahalaga pa kaysa EDSA Revolution, ito yun. kung alam niyo lang kung gaano ko kagustong pumunta dito.. iisipin niyo nababaliw na ako.

Tragedy is the mother of tribulation.
And if you’re lucky enough, even if for a moment, those hardships can bring about a beautiful strength you never knew possible. Hannah Bond was a fellow Mcrmy soldier. Sadly, she committed suicide at the tender age of 13. Even sadder than that, her death was taken into mischievous manipulation for the better of common idiocy. Accusations of the criminal kind had been pointed at My Chemical Romance in result to Hannah’s death by the Daily Mail located in London. An “emo death cult” is what was reported to be who had lent Hannah a hand in taking her own life. Lies. Ludicrous. Protest.



Kill All Your Friends - My Chemical Romance

On May 31st, a ton of broken hearts, a few dozen more MCR fans, and a firm fist of outrage took a stand for the band that saves lives, with hopes of reclaiming the truth!



Message in hand... of their own and from any unable to attend, they... we were seen...



and heard. :)








...revenge at a modest boil and before the march took place, the band themselves had issued this apology to the family of Hannah Bond...

We have recently learned of the suicide and tragic loss of Hannah Bond. We'd like to send our condolences to her family during this time of mourning. Our hearts and thoughts are with them.

My Chemical Romance are and always have been vocally anti-violence and anti-suicide. As a band, we have always made it one of our missions through our actions to provide comfort, support, and solace to our fans. The message and theme of our album "The Black Parade" is hope and courage. Our lyrics are about finding the strength to keep living through pain and hard times. The last song on our album states: "I am not afraid to keep on living" - a sentiment that embodies the band's position on hardships we all face as human beings. If you or anyone that you know have feelings of depression or suicide, we urge you to find your way and your voice to deal with these feelings positively.


With these words symbolizing much appreciated encouragement for our London MCRmy protesters, they rallied up in defense of the Romance.

While our soldiers took to the streets, even more adversity came about. A group of people POSING as legitimate members of the anti-scientology movement called Anonomous, disgustingly welcomed themselves on board. Neither part of Anonomous or barely a 6th grade intelligent level they did the best a shit head could. From posting pictures of horrifying pornography, filth and gore in our net community, (with intentions of shutting us down); to openly hiding within the crowd of protesters themselves.



The repulsive intrusion went on for about 2 weeks from a few days before the protest date. Surprisingly we were graced with a word from an authentic Anonomous member in which they fully detached themselves from any MCR-hate activity happening at the march or online. The letter reads as follows...

They are not real Anons, that's for sure.

As with any unrestricted movement, the Anons have been "infiltrated" by those who would bring the movement down by using the very open format of the movement against them. This is not the only case of this happening, and is seems to be that some outsiders, including some Scilons (Co$ members) are using the Anonymous name to try and do the movement in.

Some of us warned the others sometime back that this kind of thing would happen and it has. All I can say is that those people who have claimed to be from Anon and harassing Buzznet members and/or MCR fans have nothing to do with the anti-Co$ that Anonymous is involved in. Anonymous did not suddenly branch out for such a stupid purpose. Others are using the movement to hide behind and cause trouble on their own, and are a bunch of sick and very cowardly bastards.

Anon is not a group or an organization, and because of this, things like this can (and do) happen. Anonymous is a movement and it's purpose is to expose the cult known as the "Church of Scientology" for its actions and to bring about a change in its tax-exempt status. There is no "conspiracy" to harass MySpace, Facebook, Buzznet members and/or MCR fans with such stupidity. Anons don't have the time for that kind of crap... and for what purpose?

~Anonymous"



Nonetheless, there we stood.



Friends within strangers.



Heart without fear.



Strength within numbers.









and...

Stories to tell! (from our buzznet MCRmy who attended the protest)

Anotherway-

I didn't speak to them, or acknowledge their existence in any way ...oh, until one of the sick bastards touched our banner (AMAZING ROSE - THANKS HONEY!!)...then I yelled 'DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH IT, YOU CAN FUCK OFF' - wow, that made me feel better - it wasn't just about the banner - although that became a focal point for the true MCR fans - I yelled Fuck Off about the Forum, about the invasion of our privacy & the protest, and just wanted them to Fuck Off the face of the earth in general. GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR

The Banner "MCR SAVED OUR LIVES & THEY WILL SAVE YOURS" - was signed by all the real MCR fans there- I guarded it with my life to make sure non of those fuckin turds signed it - they kept circling trying to put one of their leery comments on it - but no way was I letting them fuckers near it.

Actually - they did make me laugh - just for how pathetic they were...with their crappy little cardboard signs - Rose tore up most of them and laughed in their faces - GO ROSE!!!
But the thing that made me LOL the most about them - OMG their shitty dress sense!!
Their little checked shirts and cruddy polo's - wow they looked intimidating -NOT!
They looked like the wankers they are. Totally ineffectual.
Yeah - they said we didn’t have the biggest crowd, and we didn’t make the biggest Protest in History - but we never went there to make the Daily Mail change their stance on MCR - I don’t give a fuck what the D Mail think about anything, let alone MCR - we went their to stand together, to say what we know to be true about our band, and about each other - and we had fun doing it.
It was really amazing to meet fans from Sweden who had traveled over, and fans from around this country - and of course to meet Faeriecake & sis, xfrankieroromancex, and 5daggeredhearts - yep, still too long a name Rose!!! hahaha....the fans that were there, both at Marble Arch & Derry Street - were in fine form - singing, hugging, laughing - and proving that we are NOT a fuckin suicide cult, and that the band are the complete opposite of the media portrayal of them.
The comments on our Buzznet banner are awesome - it will go to the band, along with a copy of the Buzznet Fans comments Folder...

...there was like 2 of the intruders and a bunch of followers, not saying a word - just holding up their sad little signs- which Rose kept ripping up!! hahaha....she's a mad woman!

I feel like we don't have to defend our gathering to them sick turds - I kept looking at them and thinking which one of them put all that porn, gore and racist comments onto our MCR shrine - forcing us all out for hours sometimes days...i really wanted to set them on fire (some people set the Daily Mail on fire!!)
^the paper itself NOT the office) lol

.....but as for our protest - it was peaceful (as requested) it was happy - we were there to prove MCR fans are not glum, emo, self harmers - and that was fuckin obvious to anyone watching! We didn't go to cause trouble - not like them who hide behind masks - from the sight of their clothes and hair - i swear they all have sub-human pimples!!!
The Police wouldn't allow us to march - but we took it in turns to sing our happy mcr songs outside the D Mail offices - bottom line was - we all supported each other, we all supported the band - we proved MCR fans are upbeat, happy, joyous in each others company...

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xD Gotta love her!^



faerievampyr-

When we got there, Marble Arch was full of fans, all talking, hugging and having a good time supporting the band. Anotherway want to talk to the organizer, Alison, who she was speaking to frequently online, but she wasn't there, but she was with some more protesters outside the Daily Mail offices. There was press there doing interviews too. We had been there a couple of minutes talking to people when lovemisteriouso came over, I recognized her instantly because of her blond wavy hair. We were all stood there chatting, when a giant noise came from the right of us and a huge group of fans ran over there. I went over there too, and stood on the other side of the road were the 'evil intruders'. They were dressed in V for Vendetta masks and had signs telling us to slit our wrists...

...then the 'evil intruders' arrived and I think their evilness begins and end with their porn collection because, now they were talking and discussing MCR with the fans there. After hanging around for a while, Kerrang asked if we could all gather around for a photo for the magazine, even the not so evil 'evil anons' got in the picture.

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Not all who planned to be there could. But they and the buzznet MCRmy were there in spirit... and permanent ink. ;)







With a plenty good cause on their backs...


^S.O.P.H.I.E (Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred & Intolerance Everywhere)

Sophie Lancaster was murdered on 11th August 2007 simply for the way she dressed. She was 20. Her parents have since set up the S.O.P.H.I.E fund to spread awareness of this problem, and to help prevent such things from happening in the future. You can show your support by visiting www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
Wristbands are available.

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And lots of "Water, water, water."



After making our stand against the tabloid toiletry of the the Daily Mail, they themselves issued this statement...

"The Daily Mail’s coverage of the 'Emo' movement has been balanced, restrained and above all, in the public interest. Genuine concerns were raised at the inquest earlier this month on 13 year old emo follower Hannah Bond who had been self-harming and then tragically killed herself."

"In common with other newspapers we ran an accurate news story recording the Coroner's remarks and the parents' comments. We also published two other articles, one of which explained the background to the Hannah tragedy in calm and un-sensational language."

"The other was a first person opinion piece by a well-known writer, written from the perspective of a mother concerned for her children. We have also run two prominent page lead letters from an emo music fan and from a fan of My Chemical Romance defending their point of view."

"Our music critic admires the music of the band and publicized the band’s UK tour last year. Since this protest was announced a great deal of misinformation has appeared on the internet, much of which confuses what the Daily Mail has actually published with the comments of website readers and 'blogs' over which we have no control and which have stirred up emotions."

They added, "We note it has been pointed out by others that all this provides wonderful publicity for Warners and their impending release of My Chemical Romance's latest album."

"The Daily Mail is a broad church and is always ready to listen to the views of readers. We do, however, suggest those who want to protest or comment read everything we have published and act on fact not rumor."


Ironically the "public interest" of this London paper seems to be exposing the paper for the rubbish it is...

DAILY MAIL DIET

Nick Angel is curious to find out what will be the effects of reading nothing but the Daily Mail for a month. His only knowledge of the state of the world will be from the Daily Mail. Will he go mad?


Hannah's best friend and fellow My Chemical Romance fan spoke in defense of her friend, the protest and the band...


^"Hannah had her reasons to kill herself. It's not because she wanted to be emo. It's not because she wanted to see the Black Parade."

Revolted. Restricted. Refined. After all it's said and done, one thing's for sure...


BN MCRmy Protest Attenders

Lovemisterioso
xmyfrankieroromancex
faerievampyr - provided videos and pictures. :)
anotherway
5daggeredhearts


^Much love and thanks to them all for standing fucking tall. This feat will certainly never be forgotten.:)


^This MCRmy movement even made it to the June issue of Kerrang Magazine. =)
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