Doc Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Spiders. Why did it have to be spiders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 I see that the Westboro Baptist Church is looking to picket Hanneman's memorial service - they might want to rethink that. I know they live to piss people off, but Slayer fans are a different breed. Slayer fans love violence - they live for it. I've seen small riots break out as rampaging fans leave shows - not satisfied with the aggression and violence they just got during the show. Heck, at the Trocadero in Philly after a show they tore down all the exposed water pipes, flooding and causing severe damage to the place. Anytime I've seen them in an outdoor venue with "lawn seating" they've torn up all the grass and started fires. In any event, if you take a bunch of fans who generally enjoy violence for violence sake and have authority and self control issues, get them upset at the loss of one of their heros and then send some religous nuts out to taunt them, you could have a problem. The funny thing is, so many people hate the WBC and feel they have it coming to them. Can you imagine the smile on Jeff Hanneman's face in the afterlife, seeing implicit or explicit support from the general public after a bunch of Slayer fans beat a religous zealot into a coma? He couldn't ask for a better tribute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Westboro never seems to show up where they say they are going to these days, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Agreed with above, if WBC pickets Jeff's funeral it will be their last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Agreed with above, if WBC pickets Jeff's funeral it will be their last. Let's hope that they do, in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Well well well - look who DIDN'T show up to protest yesterday in Hollywood, even after they printed flyers announcing it.... I was all set to grab some popcorn and watch the carnage, but I guess somewhere along the line sombody realized you really don't mess with Slayer fans.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Well well well - look who DIDN'T show up to protest yesterday in Hollywood, even after they printed flyers announcing it.... I was all set to grab some popcorn and watch the carnage, but I guess somewhere along the line sombody realized you really don't mess with Slayer fans.... I wonder if someone told them something along the lines of..."You don't understand...this is slayer...they WILL kill you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 To be fair the spider bite really did mess up Hanneman and he was in dire straits because of it. Sad time. He was a true pioneer. Your first slayer show, when they came out on stage and started playing and you honestly questioned if you were gonna make it out alive was always a seminal moment in a young mans life. I had no idea this guy was in Dire Straits. Was he before Mark Knopfler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Yep - WBC would have been killed - check out this pit they had going...at a memorial service........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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