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Mexico declares war on Emo
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:41 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Chances are if you aren't emo, you hate emo. But you likely don't hate this straight-haired, massacre-lined subculture as much as the Mexicans do. In recent weeks, a wave of emo bashings has swept across Mexico, several news agencies have reported, fuelled by punks, rockabillies, goths, metalheads and basically anyone who's not emo.
According to Daniel Hernandez, who's been covering the anti-emo riots on his blog Intersections, the violence began March 7, when an estimated 800 young people poured into the Mexican city of Queretaro's main plaza "hunting" for emo kids to pummel. Then the following weekend similar violence occurred in Mexico City at the Glorieta de Insurgents, a central gathering space for emos. Hernandez also reports that several anti-emo riots have now also spread to various other Mexican cities. Via the Austin American Statesmen, several postings on Mexican social-networking sites, primarily organising spot for these "emo hunts," have been dug up and translated. One states: "I HATE EMOS!!! They are not even people, they are so stupid, they cry over meaningless things My school is infested with them, I want to kill them all!"
Another says: "We've never seen all the urban tribes unite against one single tribe before Emos, their way of thinking is for crap, if you are so depressed please do us all a favour and kill yourselves!"
More recent reports state that the emos have begun to fight back against the other "urban tribes" and organised marches in Guadalajara and Mexico City, escalating the violence and leading to increased police presence. Also, some Mexican newspapers, such as El Porvenir, have called for government intervention to protect the emos, writing, "It's the responsibility of the authorities to make sure the threats aren't carried out and the aggressions are punished."
Several clips of the violence have surfaced on YouTube, but since we at Exclaim! spent our high school days studying French rather than Spanish, we can only make out the repeated mention of "emos."
Source
Okay, what the
hell?
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:48 pm
by Reliant121
you can imagine my position on this....I am mad as hell...
Imagine me doing the "KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN" Scream only i kinda went...aghhhhhh....
I don't cry over meaningless things....much
but i am not depressed, as these pathetic haters have stated..and I'm not stupid, as my teachers will tell you.
conclusion..
Emo=EMOtional <--- That means ALL emotions
NOT
Emo=Emotionally troubled
Rant over...I am now storming around the house...
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:52 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
They declared war on Emos...
Right...
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:18 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Mexico is such a screwed up country.
On the bright side, maybe America will go to war with them soon. They have vast oil reserves, and we could just walk there instead of taking pesky plane and boat rides...
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:35 pm
by Mikey
The more I read about the state of humanity, the more I hate people. I've seen all kinds of bigotry and violence directed at both myself and others based on religion, race, creed, stance on a particular issue, etc.; but this is just so amazingly ludicrous that I am at a loss. For me to be at a loss for words is quite a feat, as some of you may know. How difficult is it to figure out the simple fact that if you don't like a particular group's style of dress, choice of music, or form of self-expression, just LEAVE THEM ALONE?!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:41 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Exactly. Are the Mexican Emos forcing their ideas and sub-culture on everyone else? I doubt it.
I can't believe I just said "Mexican Emos". That would make a great name for a band...
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:12 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Tsukiyumi wrote:Exactly. Are the Mexican Emos forcing their ideas and sub-culture on everyone else? I doubt it.
I can't believe I just said "Mexican Emos". That would make a great name for a band...
Dang, Now I'm thinking of that old new wave song 'Mexican Radio'.
Yeah, this is ridiculous.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:54 pm
by Mikey
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Dang, Now I'm thinking of that old new wave song 'Mexican Radio'.
I love that song! Wall of Voodoo, right?
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:01 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Yep.
God, we're old.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:15 am
by Mikey
Actually, having you guys remember that song makes me feel younger!
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:41 am
by sunnyside
That source isn't CNN or anything. Is it even an actual news source?
(On that note I recall an English class where a fellow student cited Fark.com
)
But there is a lot of joke news out there some of it harder to tell than others.
EDIT: Looking around a bit
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0 ... 39,00.html
So I guess stuff is going down.
On that note I've always wondered why hippies didn't get mugged more. But this just seems ridiculous.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:53 am
by Mikey
sunnyside wrote:On that note I've always wondered why hippies didn't get mugged more. But this just seems ridiculous.
Mugged? Because they have nothing worth taking! I was once able to buy Grateful Dead tix with half a dimebag and a peanut butter sandwich.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:09 pm
by Aaron
sunnyside wrote:
On that note I've always wondered why hippies didn't get mugged more. But this just seems ridiculous.
What would you take? BO and the smell of pot are hard to get your hands on.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:12 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Mikey wrote:Actually, having you guys remember that song makes me feel younger!
Glad to oblige. Anfd I believe so, yes.
"I'm on'a Mexican, radio! I'm on'a Mexican-whoa, whoa-radio!"
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:13 pm
by Reliant121
Just of out curiousity...considering what some of the b*****d's said about emos...do you consider me a human or some lesser being, eh?