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Old 05-11-2017, 05:36 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trollheart View Post
As you probably know, I find it hard to separate art from artist in that way. I mean, I wouldn't necessarily turn off a Gary Glitter song if my legs and arms were amputated, but I do draw the line at Lostprophets, whose vocalist Ian Watkins was guilty of child abuse in the worst possible way, and the reasoning I give for never listening to their music again (other than that it wasn't really all that great in the first place) is that every time I hear that **** sing I want to punch his face in, so I could no longer enjoy the music.
The Lost prophets case was so fucked that I almost cried. The fact that anyone can do what he did with no remorse makes me sick to my stomach. He deserves to be sentenced to death.
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