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Heavy Metal Is Saving Society
 

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In The Flesh
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(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/21/12 at 10:30pm
Wacken

Man, I see the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

– Fight Club

A type of music. An elitist cult. A dangerous den of negativity and hatred. Heavy metal has been called all of those things.

But what if it is some amalgamation of them all?

…An identity?

An identity that simultaneously has a huge following of millions of passionate fans all over the world, and at the same time is completely unknown to just as many millions.

An identity considered by its adherents to be the greatest in the world, yet considered by many others to be offensive, uncultured, and even dangerous.
Nevertheless, a culture such as heavy metal is one that our society needs…even more than it realizes.

From the gray-skied industrial wasteland of late-1960’s Birmingham, an environment seemingly unfit for human beings, a new sound was born. Much of the popular culture at the time was the hippie, flower-power movement—free love, world peace, free drugs. “Imagine.”

On paper, it may have sounded too good to be true. Except in Birmingham, and so many other places all over the world, it simply wasn’t, and never could be. It still isn’t.

A brave group of musicians decided to buck the trend. World peace, free love—all idealistic fantasy and so much claptrap. The real world was heavy metal factories, schoolyard brawls, family members dying of industrial pollution, and nightmares about that dusty old book with the pentagram on the cover that you decided to read from one night with your friends…and wished you hadn’t.

This was the world that Black Sabbath chose to expose to the unsuspecting mainstream.

Then, as now, reaction was muted. Let’s pretend it doesn’t exist; we all know that’s outside of our comfort zone. People don't really listen to that, do they?

But when the movement grew too large to ignore, the mainstream negativity lashed out and tried to choke off the music, the culture, the identity with its distinctive devil horns.

First there came the protests, fueled by fears of a Satanic epidemic among fans.

Then there came the high-profile lawsuits, and accusations of suicide, even murder.

Then there came the unparalleled Congressional censorship hearings, resulting in the now ubiquitous Parental Advisory labels.

Even now, after decades of history and a flowering of new ways to express the heavy metal identity, it is still greeted in the mainstream with a dismissive yawn. Heavy metal groups are largely unrepresented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Precious few are able to crack the top 40. And even true legends pass away (more of them every year, sadly), without the pomp and circumstance, the front-page commemorative magazine editions, and six-hour primetime funeral spectacles attended by heads of state.

And society ignores this at its peril.

Because inside mankind, a war is raging between light and dark, between heaven and hell, between good and evil, and most of us are dancing right around the middle line between the two and trying not to hate ourselves for it.

Because without being able to indulge that other, politically incorrect side of our nature, without being able to keep that 15-year-old inside of you alive, where are we headed?

If, every once in a while, you don’t get the chance to just put on black leather, put your devil horns in the air, and just go nuts and scream, until your throat is killing you the next day and your head is still ringing from the amplifiers…how else are you going to do it?

Because if it wasn’t for this heavy metal identity, its bereft followers would resort to other, much more sinister means of indulgence.

Heavy metal is saving society…from itself. In a culture of excess, of struggle, of sheeple, of decay…there is a sound that rejects it all. There is a sound that says, “This is mine.” There is a sound that says, “I reject this world as it is handed to me, with these fake friends, this hopeless job, and the disgusting, fake, mainstream garbage that passes for music.” There is a sound of discovery that lets you say, “no” to the haters.

Because, from the late 1960s until today and far into the future, heavy metal is music of hope.

And hope is something that our society has in short supply.

So the next time you see some folks with long hair, clad in black and red, go ahead and smile and flash them the devil horns. For through this music, they are embracing the struggle within us all…and winning.

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012
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 on 8/20/12 at 7:51pm

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 on 8/22/12 at 10:36pm

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Macro Arbitrage's picture

Fucking love AAL.

Macro Arbitrage
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(King Kong, 1,369
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:02am

Fucking love AAL.

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

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Ron Paul's picture

I think the greatest metal

Ron Paul
     
 
(Senior Gorilla, 916
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:08am

I think the greatest metal album of all time deserves - no, needs to be in this thread:

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Going Concern's picture

it's possible i'm mistaken

Going Concern
     
 
 
(King Kong, 1,684
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 12:50am

it's possible i'm mistaken but i'm pretty sure heavy metal is just metallica...kinda unfortunate to have a one-band genre, but such is life...

now i'm really not trying to fuel anyone going to the sanitarium because they went stone cold crazy from my comments, but trust me i'm not some kind of monster just because i don't like all those death anthems...thats what the rest are, it's sad but true...and if you can't forgive me for saying that and just turn the page, then i guess i'm just unforgiven and nothing else matters...and if my comments make you so frantic that you don't rest until i disappear, then i guess you really are a master of puppets...but afterward i bet you'll find that still the memory remains of my truthiness

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time

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In The Flesh: Heavy metal is

David Aames
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(Baboon, 141
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:58am
In The Flesh:

Heavy metal is saving society…from itself.

so ITF - which are your favorite genres of heavy metal, and within that, your favorite bands?

What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?

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GS's picture

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you

GS
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(Senior Gorilla, 902
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 1:54am

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you have to admit it has long had an association with the white power movement

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GS: I enjoy Heavy Metal - but

Veni Vidi Vici
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(Monkey, 65
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 7:32am
GS:

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you have to admit it has long had an association with the white power movement

You mean like classical music and the Nazis?

"It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired you quit when the gorilla is tired"
-Robert Strauss

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GS: I enjoy Heavy Metal - but

In The Flesh
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(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 8:56am
GS:

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you have to admit it has long had an association with the white power movement

You're probably thinking of skinhead punk bands, not metal (with the exception of a tiny handful of extremist groups largely based in the European underground).

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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Going Concern: it's possible

In The Flesh
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(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 8:59am
Going Concern:

it's possible i'm mistaken but i'm pretty sure heavy metal is just metallica...kinda unfortunate to have a one-band genre, but such is life...

now i'm really not trying to fuel anyone going to the sanitarium because they went stone cold crazy from my comments, but trust me i'm not some kind of monster just because i don't like all those death anthems...thats what the rest are, it's sad but true...and if you can't forgive me for saying that and just turn the page, then i guess i'm just unforgiven and nothing else matters...and if my comments make you so frantic that you don't rest until i disappear, then i guess you really are a master of puppets...but afterward i bet you'll find that still the memory remains of my truthiness

Sorry you feel that way.

And yes, I get every single reference in your second paragraph. :)

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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David Aames: In The

In The Flesh
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(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:01am
David Aames:
In The Flesh:

Heavy metal is saving society…from itself.

so ITF - which are your favorite genres of heavy metal, and within that, your favorite bands?

I honestly can say at this point that I am at an extremely happy place where I can enjoy all the subgenres (up to and including the underground stuff like black metal and grind).

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath will always be my favorite metal groups. Lately however, I have been getting into a lot of early death metal (Death, Morbid Angel, Atheist) and prog (Dream Theater, Fates Warning).

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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Going Concern's picture

In The Flesh: David

Going Concern
     
 
 
(King Kong, 1,684
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:25am
In The Flesh:
David Aames:
In The Flesh:

Heavy metal is saving society…from itself.

so ITF - which are your favorite genres of heavy metal, and within that, your favorite bands?

I honestly can say at this point that I am at an extremely happy place where I can enjoy all the subgenres (up to and including the underground stuff like black metal and grind).

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath will always be my favorite metal groups. Lately however, I have been getting into a lot of early death metal (Death, Morbid Angel, Atheist) and prog (Dream Theater, Fates Warning).

i like to lump chaps like black sabbath into classic rock within my mental index, and i am a fan of all music thats prog (old or new) but then again i would just leave them as progressive rock...hence my comment, heavy metal = metallica

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time

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In The Flesh's picture

Going Concern: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 9:26am
Going Concern:
In The Flesh:
David Aames:
In The Flesh:

Heavy metal is saving society…from itself.

so ITF - which are your favorite genres of heavy metal, and within that, your favorite bands?

I honestly can say at this point that I am at an extremely happy place where I can enjoy all the subgenres (up to and including the underground stuff like black metal and grind).

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath will always be my favorite metal groups. Lately however, I have been getting into a lot of early death metal (Death, Morbid Angel, Atheist) and prog (Dream Theater, Fates Warning).

i like to lump chaps like black sabbath and iron maiden into classic rock within my mental index, and i am a fan of all music thats prog (old or new) but then again i would just leave them as progressive rock...hence my comment, heavy metal = metallica

Plenty of people consider Black Sabbath classic rock--nothing wrong with that. And partially, that's because they never identified themselves as heavy metal; they called themselves a blues band.

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest however, fully embraced calling themselves heavy metal and almost universally considered as such.

No love for the other thrash bands?

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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Veni Vidi Vici: GS: I enjoy

GS
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(Senior Gorilla, 902
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 9:26am
Veni Vidi Vici:
GS:

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you have to admit it has long had an association with the white power movement

You mean like classical music and the Nazis?

There's a reason no one performs Wagner in Israel.
I'm not suggesting the Bruce Dickinson is a closeted white supremacist or anything. Or that Ozzy Osbourne has a stormtrooper uniform. I like listening to some old metal too. But , why is it whenever any race-nut/crazy shooter is found and the cops go through his apartment , its littered with metal bands. Whats the correlation here?

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GS: Veni Vidi Vici: GS: I

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 9:31am
GS:
Veni Vidi Vici:
GS:

I enjoy Heavy Metal - but you have to admit it has long had an association with the white power movement

You mean like classical music and the Nazis?

There's a reason no one performs Wagner in Israel.
I'm not suggesting the Bruce Dickinson is a closeted white supremacist or anything. Or that Ozzy Osbourne has a stormtrooper uniform. I like listening to some old metal too. But , why is it whenever any race-nut/crazy shooter is found and the cops go through his apartment , its littered with metal bands. Whats the correlation here?

Examples?

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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I used to listen to

UFOinsider
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(Human, 10,302
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:34am
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In The Flesh: No love for the

Going Concern
     
 
 
(King Kong, 1,684
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:35am

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time

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Going Concern: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:40am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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UFOinsider: I used to listen

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 9:42am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

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UFOinsider: I used to listen

anaismalcolm
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In The Flesh: GS: Veni

GS
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 on 8/22/12 at 9:55am
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anaismalcolm: UFOinsider: I

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 9:57am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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GS: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:07am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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UFOinsider's picture

GS: Honestly , ever been to a

UFOinsider
      O
 
(Human, 10,302
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:09am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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In The Flesh: In fact, many

UFOinsider
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(Human, 10,302
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:14am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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UFOinsider: In The

GS
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At worst , they are complicit

GS
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(Senior Gorilla, 902
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:36am
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GS: UFOinsider: In The

UFOinsider
      O
 
(Human, 10,302
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:46am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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In The Flesh's picture

UFOinsider: GS: Honestly ,

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:52am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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GS: socially

UFOinsider
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(Human, 10,302
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 11:04am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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GS: UFOinsider: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 11:16am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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UFOinsider's picture

In The

UFOinsider
      O
 
(Human, 10,302
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 11:20am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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In The Flesh's picture

UFOinsider: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 11:27am

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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In The

Going Concern
     
 
 
(King Kong, 1,684
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 11:48am

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time

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Jeremy spoooke iiin claaaaaas

Anomanderis
      ST
 
(Orangutan, 357
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 11:59am

But Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought bravely.

And Rhaegar died.

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Anomanderis: Jeremy spoooke

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:06pm

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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UFOinsider's picture

Going Concern: In The

UFOinsider
      O
 
(Human, 10,302
 
Points)
 on 8/22/12 at 12:06pm

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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Anomanderis's picture

In The

Anomanderis
      ST
 
(Orangutan, 357
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:33pm

But Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought bravely.

And Rhaegar died.

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Anomanderis: In The

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 12:39pm

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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Panic's picture

\m/.

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Going Concern's picture

don't cry to me oh baby

Going Concern
     
 
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 3:10pm

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time

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Yes, this correct before they

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Going Concern: it's possible

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Stringer Bell: Going

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ITF, I don't know WTF you're

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TL ; DR Iron Maiden - Fear Of

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 on 8/22/12 at 8:40pm

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus

Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!

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Ron Paul: Stringer

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Stringer Bell: Ron

In The Flesh
      HF
 
 
(Neanderthal, 2,801
 
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 on 8/22/12 at 10:17pm

Head of Metal Website: www.headofmetal.com

https://twitter.com/headofmetal2012

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(No subject)

Ron Paul
     
 
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Ok, I'm a little annoyed by

UFOinsider
      O
 
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 on 8/24/12 at 10:16am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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Neither WallStreetOasis.com, IB Oasis Corp. nor employees of IB Oasis Corp. are investment advisors. The purpose of this website is NOT to give any advice on your personal investment strategy. If you base your investment decisions on content of this website, you may lose part or all of your money.

You should not violate any other law or regulation, including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the national or other securities exchanges, especially including the rule against making false or misleading statements to manipulate the price of a security or the rule requiring you to disclose any compensation you may receive for describing a security.

You should not access WallStreetOasis.com by any means other than through the interfaces we provide for use in accessing our services or use any automated means, including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access, monitor, copy, or harvest data from any part of our sites, except those automated means that we have approved in advance and in writing.

The Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove any postings, or deny access by any individuals, for any reason or no reason.

If you see something that you feel is a violation of the these Terms and Conditions, please notify us by emailing wallstreetoasis at wallstreetoasis.com.

We reserve the right to change the Terms and Conditions at any time. Changes will be posted on the applicable web page.

Use of Material.

The Company authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on www.WallStreetOasis.com (the "Web Site") solely for your personal, noncommercial use. By using the Web Site you are giving the Company the sole right to use any and all content you generate or publish on the site for commercial, non-commercial or promotional purposes. This includes any and all forum posts, comments, blog posts or any other material you generate on the Web Site.

The contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other items (collectively, "Material"), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Material is the property of the Company or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Web Site is the exclusive property of the Company and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by the Company?s copyright.

Acceptable Site Use.

General Rules: Users may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Web Site Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses.

The Company specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree not to use the Web Site, for any of the following:

  • Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate resume
  • Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.
  • Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web Site?s infrastructure.
  • If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Web Site, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.
  • Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web Site other than the search engine and search agents available from the Company on this Web Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
  • Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.
  • Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner any of the materials or information available from the Web Site.
  • Framing of or linking to any of the materials or information available from the Web Site.

User Information.

When you register for the Web Site, you will be asked to provide the Company with certain information including, without limitation, a valid email address (your "Information"). In addition to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in any privacy policy on this Web Site, you understand and agree that the Company may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. The Company reserves the right to offer third party services and products to you based on the preferences that you identify in your registration and at any time thereafter; such offers may be made by the Company or by third parties. Please see the Company's Privacy Policy below for further details regarding your Information.

Registration and Password.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

The Company's Liability.

As a condition to your use of this site, you release the Company (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code d1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

We are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through the Web Site. By its very nature, other people?s information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. We expect that you will use caution and common sense when using this Web Site.

The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Web Site or the Material. The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at any time.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the content and accuracy of any resume or material contained therein placed by you on the Web Site and you agree to let any users that are identified as recruiters (designated in the sole discretion of the Company) to have access to your resume.

The Company is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Web Site and the Company shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting jobs on the Web Site.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEB SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Links to Other Sites.

The Web Site may contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party Web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use.

You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Term of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.

Limitation of Liability.

The aggregate liability for the Company to you for all claims arising from the use of the Materials is limited to $1.

Termination.

The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by the Company, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if the Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration with or ability to access the Web Site.

Indemnity.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

General.

The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within New York, New York. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of the Web Site a particular "Legal Notice," or Software License or Material on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the use of Web Site. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Company recognizes that you are concerned about privacy. We are committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your sensitive information. The following statement describes the general information-gathering and usage practices of our sites.

Our staff, contractors, Internet service providers and others involved in this site follow this policy or similarly strict policies regarding your Information.

Disclosure

The Company is committed to fully disclosing our policies regarding the collection, use, maintenance, disclosure and security of personal information obtained from users of our site. The term "personal information" includes a name, address, email address, or any other information which could be used to contact you directly or to identify you personally.

Use and Disclosure Limitations

The Company only uses personal information about its Web site users for specific purposes. We do not share user information with third parties except when we have told users about the disclosures, when we have prior consent, or when required by law.

Use Policy: When the Company gathers personal information from users, we ask for permission first. We also disclose, at the time of collection, how the information will be used by us. Personal information is used for activities such as auto-completion of commonly-used forms and helping us contact you when you solicit information from us.

Disclosure Policy: We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of the Company unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.

The Company might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.

Although unlikely, it is possible that we may have to make certain disclosures to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.

Web Logs: The Company maintains standard Web logs that record basic information about visitors to our Web site. These logs contain: * The Internet domain from which you came to our Web site. * Your IP address. An IP address is a series of numbers which uniquely identifies your connection to the Internet. Although it is possible in some instances, certain types of IP addresses may be used by interested persons to identify users but we do not attempt to identify users in this way. * The type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (e.g., Windows 98) you use. * The date and time you visited the site, and the pages you saw.

We use Web log information to design our Web site, identify popular features, and in similar ways. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. However, if someone tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. The Company may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

Changes to Privacy Policy

The Company's features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

While our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures will not change, this policy will be updated occasionally to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

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