Believe it or leave it, I have actually been doing some research on my research topic. As I've been doing some research on the effects of music on people, I was shocked at what I found. An example is the murder of Elyse Pahler in 1996. She was murdered by three boys who said they "had needed to commit a 'sacrifice to the devil' in order to give their heavy metal band, Hatred, the 'craziness' to 'go professional.'" Her parents pressed charges against the band Slayer, claiming that they had marketed their music to youth and it had inspired the boys to kill their daughter.
I love music, but it has real power-- both for good and for evil. The music of the world is getting worse, and we have to do something about it.
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