Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she is joining with Sen. Sam Brownback,
R-Kan, to send a letter to Seagram's, asking the firm to push a subsidiary
to withdraw compact discs and tapes featuring shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
Collins said Manson's music had been "implicated" in three of the school
violence incidents.
you can write to Collins at senator@collins.senate.gov
you can write to Brownback at sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov
Also, below is an article from the Nashua, NH Telegraph.Apparently, the superintendant of Portsmouth Schools (in
NH) has banned all "shock-rock," "goth," and "manson" clothing and
paraphernalia. I don't even have anything to say about the stupidity of
this decision. Her comments in the article speak for themselves.
You can write to her at:
Superintendant Suzanne Schrader
Office of the Superintendant
50 Clough Drive
Portsmouth, NH 03801
the school system's website is http://www.portsmouth.k12.nh.us/
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Portsmouth(AP) - the Colorado school shootings have prompted Portsmouth
schools to ban black trench coats and dark clothing associated with shock
singer Marilyn Manson and the Gothic movement.
"When kids come back from vacation, they better not even think about
wearing Marilyn Manson" or anything else related to the Gothic movement - a
look defined by white face paint and black or dark-dyed hair, said
Superintendent Suzanne Schrader.
"Parents are welcome to challenge me in court," Schrader told The
Portsmouth Herald.
The two pupils who killed and wounded classmates and teachers in LIttleton,
Co., last week wore blacktrench coats and were said to be followers of the
Gothic movement.
Schrader said she hopes banning divisive clothes will help students feel
less of a separation from one another.
Parent Anastasia Parker disagrees wit hthe ban. Her daughter, Rachel, went
to the media last year because students were tormenting her for her Marilyn
Manson-wear.
"Marilyn Manson is 75 percent of my daughter's wardrobe," she said. "Does
this mean I have to go out and buy all new clothes?"
Parker said Manson is the same to her daughter as Alice Cooper was to her
in the 1970's.
"When I was growing up, I had Alice Cooper posters all over my walls," she
said.
But Schrader said there is no comparison. "Alice Cooper didn't encourage
(listeners) to make death threats," she said. [!!]
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