Music the Inspiration or Death Bringer?

http://www.antilife.org/files/marilyn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Music

Columbine, the tragedy of a nation. It was so shocking in fact, that the police, victims, and media needed some sort of explanation. Why did this happen? Why would these kids do this? In ignorance came blame. "Dark Metal"bands became the scapegoat and this kind didn't summon up four lamb tokens. The largest of these names, Marilyn Manson. As is known by many, Marilyn Manson has a very dark sense of inspiration, and entertainment. His lyrics are profane, gruesome, and disturbing (at least in my opinion) and many people would consider him a freak (not that I agree). The kids involved with this spectacle of shear madness, were very into his music. As the kids got famous out of murder and their faces ended up on Time Magazine, Manson became a large public enemy and his music became a symbol of murder. Manson went on to explain his out look on shows like the O'Reilly Factor, and gave a statement in Michael Moore's documentary about the event. He explained that his music was about expressing ones self and always being true to ones self. Manson never condoned what had happened at Columbine but did say this when asked what he would have said to the kids, "I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did." 

Marilyn Manson is quite the man. Creepy, dark, and unnecessary are words that I would use to describe both he and his music. Even though I am not much of a fan of  the dark knight, I do not feel that he is to blame for a group of disturbed and tortured kids. Music is inspiration  but not a reason for anyone to harm another person. I have a playlist for just about every emotion that I feel, but just because I listen to the Pokemon theme song doesn't mean I am going to go out and try to fit squirrels into baseballs. This whole situation just seems like a media cop out to both find a reason for such a thing that should not be, and to stir the pot of media evil. To me the media found a story that could cause controversy and get a lot  of attention. All in all, I feel that music isn't to blame when tragedy arrives, instead maybe we should ask ourselves what we could have done to prevent it.