TCAHR - Better Living Through Memetics Issue 6 My Apology 11/25/00 ------------------------------------------------------------ My rant on Gothic Racism received some feedback by someone on "Darksites" (http://www.darksites.com) who *forgot* to leave their name behind. Seems I stand accused of trying to subvert European culture and trying to turn Goth into a Benneton Ad. Yup, I am guilty of multiculturalism and of promoting memetic infection into a subculture dying from starvation of ideas. No, I am not guilty subverting European culture. I am guilty of subverting *all* cultures. And yup, I'll do it again! I can't stop myself! Please save me from trying to make the world more inclusive and save Goth at the same time. Never mind that all the elements are already there. Forget the heavy Jazz influence. Forget the borrowing of various world religions. Forget the growing numbers of Goths into Latin America and Asia. What a fool I've been! I mean, wow, trying to turn Goth into a Benneton Ad. That's some serious shit. Like I said, I just can't stop myself. And I have so many other plans which will destroy the world. I have an overwhelming desire to make the Klu Klux Klan a multicultural organization. I want the Black Muslisms not only to have white membership, I want them to have white leaders. I want to fill the landscape of the American South with Buddhist and Hindu temples. I want to see an Israeli/German Hip-Hop group win awards from the Grammys and The Source. Please stop me before I try again. I'm fucking crazy. I've been interviewing people from the hood and from the suburbs. We're thinking of putting together the first Goth/Gangsta Rap group ever. I'm thinking "Black and Blacker" for the album name. So to whomever wrote that rant on Darksites, I'm sorry. It must have been the way I was raised. ------------------------------------------------------------ tcahr@hotmail.com Copyright 2000