Comment of the Day: “Instead of blaming music, wouldn’t it make more sense to get outside and try to change something in your community?”

Davy Easterling, a security guard for Chicago rapper Twista, was found shot to death inside a burning South Chicago home Saturday. Reader “K P” posted this about him:

R.I.P. 6‘9”. I feel sorry for people who still believe that music is what’s wrong with society today. Music isn’t the blame no more than movies, TV shows and violent video games. Some people have lost respect for life. Some people feel they have nothing to lose. Its easier to take someones life if your value for life is very low. I grew up listening to the same music, watching the same movies and playing the same games. The only difference is that I had a community to raise me. Instead of blaming music, wouldn’t it make more sense to get outside and try to change something in your community? Stop blaming and start doing! I volunteer, counsel and mentor youth regularly. They can listen to whatever they want and still grow up the right way. Music can’t be the blame for violence no more than guns can. PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE

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