YackityFirst off, I'm an avid reader of Verbosity and tell my friends about it. I'm also a fan of Jess Morissette's page (does he even work there anymore?) I live in Madison, WI where the Onion comes from and it's actually a real Newspaper that comes out once a week, put out by college kids. Okay, enough shmooze, into the real point...Citizen C sez: First of all, Jess doing quite well, he's just extremely busy.What do you have against Marilyn Manson? They are my favorite band. What the fuck kind of music do you Christians listen to? Are all of you Christians? Why? I don't get it. I'm a Satanist and proud of it. People mistake Satanism for "devil-worshop" which it most surely is not. Satanism is just the disbeleif in ANY higher power. You should research it, you may find it...um...realistic, rather than completely simplistic and pointless like Christianity.
I'd like to re-interate that I like the 'zine, but I don't appreciate all the LORD and ALMIGHTY bullshit. Oh, and there is no person named Marilyn Manson, that's the name of the band, the guy I think you're referring to, the headmonster, is Brian Warner, an intelligent man.
P.S. Satanism does not even beleive in god, therefore there is no devil "satan" is from the original Hebrew.
Second, I have no idea where you get the idea that we are holy rollers with a vendetta against Marilyn Manson. I'm sure that God didn't mean anything offensive when we talked to Him in the last issue.
Third, I have no problem with Marilyn Manson as a group, or with their beliefs. What I do have a problem with is that Mr. Warner seems to have an intense desire to push his own beliefs on others, and quite often, his fans seem to become mindless drones believing anything they hear on his albums. I'm quite positive that this is not the case with all Marilyn Manson fans, yourself most assuredly included, but the overall phenomenon seems to be fairly consistent.
I'm fairly certain that (and I think I speak for the rest of the verbosity crew) our personal beliefs, especially our religious or metaphysical beliefs, are not something we plan on trying to sneak into our articles. Opinions abound, of course, but usually only to entertain or to provoke thought. I don't want to turn this into a long diatribe on the differences and similarities between Satanism, Agnosticism, Atheism, and Christianity, so we may save that for another issue.
Besides, the real reason we give Manson a hard time is that we are jealous of their wardrobe.
Promptness Deficiencies
Geez...Citizen C sez:Hey, no way. Are you claiming we're late? Irresponsible? Unshaven or unruly? Have some faith. We were sucked into a transdimensional time warp, while alternate universe super-villians took our place and delayed the issue. Honest.It's a little ways past November 2 (or December 2, for that matter). Where's the new Verbosity? You guys are going to tarnish the magazine's good name if you keep this up.
Jess
Onion Lover
I like you guys! You are wacked out. I feel for you with the issue being late and all. This time of year it's tough to get anything done! I would like to tell you though that my mag represents the pro-onion movement! As a matter of fact, we are sending over a whole mob of specialist onions to rid the earth of you veggie racist's. Onions have as much a right to this planet as anyone. ONIONS LIVE 2010!!!Citizen C sez: We're wacked? Have you ever eaten a raw onion? Ever cut one into small pieces? The elimination of onions is a public service, a patriotic act that will put you in the same class as great men like George Washington, Nathan Hale, and Bob Denver.
A. Muller (Creator/Publisher/Web Master)
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