jihadist's Journal: The RIAA is wrong about me

I bought CDs today. Remasters, even. If you're curious (no, probably) they were the first two Carcass albums and Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick.

I first got all of these on tape, copied to me by acquaintances as part of the underground metal tape trading circuit (of which al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn was a member). I then bought the domestic editions available at the time, before there was money for a real mastering job, and loved those for years.

Ten years later, I'm buying the re-releases. Sound quality is better and original album artwork is intact, and the Morbid Angel CD has some extras in the liner notes and a video track. I don't know what the RIAA thinks of this, but I consider myself a responsible consumer who connected strongly with some music and has no intention to just have copies.

Of course, this music is a far cry from the transitory Britney Spears/Fifty Cent crap that would fascinate a moron for only two weeks, and bores smarter people much faster. Maybe the music industry is its own worst enemy. Death metal and black metal just don't play by the same rules as pop, rock, blues, jazz and rap.

OT: I was reading some of your links...

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... specifically the FAQ from corrupt.org and the anus.com/metal FAQ and I must say, it looks like you bear an impressive grudge against modern society! It's a shame that the other part of your /. bio gives away that you also program in C++, a luxury that only modern society can afford!

Anyway, it's getting late and the beliefs in expressed in those pages are too numerous to discuss/counter, so let me say this:

Although it may not seem like it, society's mechanisms are usually in place for good reasons. Befor