AESTHETICS OF HATE: R.I.P. DIMEBAG ABBOTT, AND GOOD RIDDANCE -- Time For Conservative Imagination!

ICONOCLAST ^ | by William Grim

[Chad Fairbanks]

You and me both.

[anniegetyourgun]

Me either - legit article for discussion, not a vanity.....even if not worth reading!

[Constantine XIII]

The headline sucks.

What kind of moron writes such a thing?

"Yay, some musician got shot in the face."

[KoRn]

This article deserves a ZOT!

[Ditto]

Dimebag was certainly one of the best metal guitarists of modern times.

Think anyone will remember him 300 years from now?

[Dead Dog]

Dimebag was not a genius as was Bach, neither we was he a pillar of society. Dimebag was, however, a talented guitarist, and a American making a legal and honest living at what he loved. Anybody who has a problem with that should but the hell out.

I'd LOVE to see this author stake his case that Mozart was Dimbags moral superior. Mozart was a genius also, are we to assume talent and intellect give moral respectability to hedonism? That would be the height of elitism

And how dare he claim to know what is in ANY man's soul?

Otherwise, he exactly right. Both Christians and Conservatives have surrendered art (an education) to the hedonist, humanists, and other mavens of mediocrity.

The question should be: what could Mr. Abbot have achieved with a solid classical education and training? I'd call this Talent Lost, not Good Riddance.

[Constantine XIII]

Dimebag was a hugh W supporter, I hear.

[exnavychick]

Wow...what venomous tripe! That was some seriously overworked crap. He basically says that Mr. Abbott was a sub-human being who deserved to die because he didn't play classical music? Good golly, this guy frightens me.

[Dead Dog]

That's not the point.

[MahaMarty]

No kidding, they should have called the albums Load and Reloud...Unload...as in the toilet, WHAT CRAP!

[Skooz]

My experience is that the one who quote the most scripture and who thump the bibles the hardest are the biggest hypocrites...

That has never been my experience. And I have never actually seen anyone "thump" a Bible.

[US admirer]

AC DC - still the best.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Irony can be ironic, at times ;0)

[Skooz]

Dimebag was certainly one of the best metal guitarists of modern times.

Think anyone will remember him 300 years from now?

Probably not. That doesn't mean he deserved to be murdered, as this article implies.

[Dead Dog]

Imagine living next door to Mozart?

[kevin]

You know, I wish no harm on anyone, however, how many "kids" were influenced by "Dimebags" cavalier way of life?

His avant disregsrd of what is culturally acceptable and LEGAL is evident just by his name. A name in reference soley to the appropriation of narcotics.

How different Americas' heroes have become, how sad that they have actually become acceptable idols for our children.

Every single "Pantera" album carries a parental warning, nice guys, lets have them in our living rooms.

So goodbye to dear sweet, generous "dimebag" and his explicit four letter sexually explicit lyrics, this "Inspiration" will be greatly missed.

[Constantine XIII]

Will anyone remember Dale Earnhardt 300 years from now? Mickey Mantle? Johnny Cash?

Probably not. It's still a tradgedy to lose guys like this.

[green iguana]

If a person has gone through 12 or 13 years of education and has not developed an appreciation for the greatest artistic achievements of mankind, that education has been an utter failure.

What a wonderful pearl of wisdom from a conservative elitist. I find it just as distasteful as liberal elitism.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I call them "White Glove Conservatives". They think meeting the enemy head-on in the streets is beneath them. Lot's of them popping up these days.

Yup.

[US admirer]

You're from the south an you never seen a preacher beating the pulpit with one as if it were an attacking hyena?