"Heresy does not teach, it corrupts."
— Gabriel Angelos, Dawn of War novel.
"I used to be 'with it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now, what I'm with isn't 'it,' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to YOU."
— Abe Simpson, The Simpsons, "Homerpalooza"
"Today's children are corrupted by all those horrible shooting and killing games in downtown Los Angeles, whereas in our day, entertainment was far more gentle and refined as Professor Plum went into the billiard room and was smashed over the skull with a candlestick."
— John O'Farrell, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge
"You notice an open text file, the personal journal of the station operator. It reads in part: "Project director wants to shut us down. Says our music is too 'extreme', that we're inciting the younger workers to riot and sleep with aliens. I asked him if he'd listened to us. He said he'd talked to someone who'd heard about what we play."
"When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore
But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door
So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me
'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore
— Todd Snider, Tension
"Punk is nothing but death! And crime! And the raaaaaage of a beast!"
It's real youth in the palm of your hand
When your mom thinks Satan is involved in a band!
When your mom thinks Satan is involved in a band!
— Aesop Rock referring to Ministry, "Blood Sandwich"
