Check out what's happened to Luke Lewis, Deputy Editor of the NME.
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=9392&title=thank_you_for_the_venom_my_chemical_roma&more=1&c=1
I'm not going to pass comment when I haven't read the article but it's a shame when a journalist can no longer write an article without risking the abusive and vitriolic attacks he has received. Sure, what he said was perhaps a bit unnecessary but hasn't this week shown that people need to lighten up a little on what they read and stop taking everything so seriously?
And honestly, calling Luke Lewis names is clearly no better than him calling your beloved MCR guitarist "podgy".
It's this kind of behaviour that puts people off Twitter. Sure, social media is great at being able to connect with people like this whereas before, NME chose which letters it printed. However, sending death threats and threatening to storm his building is just incomprehensible. Why do people feel that because they can hide behind a twitter username, it allows them to hurl any abuse at anyone.
It's childish, unnecessary and disappointing.
Have a good weekend folks and think about standing up for yourself in an adult way for once
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