God will not be mocked.
Europen coverage plenty.
Irish Times, for example:
Chancellor Angela Merkel expects a “scrupulously thorough” investigation into the tragedy, her spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said in Berlin. Authorities earlier raised the number of injured to 511, including 43 seriously hurt, one in critical condition.
“I warned them a year ago that Duisburg is not a suitable location for the Love Parade. It’s too small and too cramped,” said Rainer Wendt, a senior police officer and head of the national police union”
Death toll now 20 - worst rock concert ever.....
I blocked out the profanity - which was the name given to the actual event by its organizers.
That post contained information that was germane to the thread - could it be restored in an edited version?
The history of the Love Parade is complicated: it has been banned under the auspices of the Green Party in the past and it is counterprotested by a movement called the [expletive deleted].
The organizers of the [expletive deleted] are angry because the Love Parade organizers promote their favored varieties of electronic music (Ibiza trance, classic Detroit techno, classic Chicago house, Cologne minimal techno) and exclude the counterprotestors' favorite styles (Rotterdam gabber, Madrid industrial, Frankfurt noisecore).
On, and 0beron, regarding your Weimar statement - some of this music is designed solely for use in debauchery, but a lot of it is art music.
There is as much variety in electronic music as there is in rock.