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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I know that you have forgotten more about Slayer than I will ever want to know, but I have to disagree with you. They're writing from the viewpoint of the terrorists and this was an attempt to piss people off by doing so. Tom even said he expected an American backlash, which never came. They hated it in India, though!
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Slayer would never side with a religious faction. Kerry King is far too outspoken for that. Besides, they've never been a band to do
that kind of controversy. For the most part, they sing about Satan or anti-religious themes and the occasional social issue. That's pretty much it. It would be an anomaly for them to do that, whereas they attack organized religion almost constantly. You're ascribing a much more militant political agenda than they've ever shown. That last spoken word bit where they're talking about "striking above the neck and at all extremities" of the "non-believers" seems to be pretty clearly fear-mongering against extremist Islam. I honestly don't even know where you're getting the idea that they're attacking America. They never actually list any grievances that Slayer might have. It's just a description of how they view a Jihadi's mindset.
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Obviously I can't speak for you Americans, but it seems like 9/11 is still very raw for people at this point. After all, let's not forget the ones who lost loved ones. And every year they have a commemoration don't they? Maybe yiz have moved on, but four years after the event, I think it still resonated with a lot of people.
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You have to remember that America has over three hundred million people all spread out over a country the size of a small continent. The vast majority of us have no connection to New York City, the Twin Towers, or the people who died there. It's hard to sustain that kind of anger when you're not actually being directly affected by it.