Brave Hippo
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My thoughts on society have changed. I didn't realize what the world was coming to until just recently, however. It occurred to me that the world is no longer a place where children can roam the woods without a care in the world. Now we have school shootings,terrorism, and Death metal. I learned this tragic lesson when I went to my first and last concert. It was a Mosh Pit.
Last Summer, my friends had the brilliant idea to go to a concert before school started. We only had a few weeks left of Summer, so I said,"Hey, why not?" I didn't bother to ask what band was playing or what songs we were going to hear, I was just happy I was going to my first concert. My friends picked me up at about 6:30 and we headed out. The sound of Death metal didn't escape my ears as we drove down the road, I just shrugged it off and assumed that a car that was driving by us was playing it. Sadly, I was wrong.
When we got there, I learned that it was actually the band that was playing the Death metal! They had some weird name like the Death Desciples or something idiotic like that...Immediately I asked my friends if we they could take me back. They laughed and told me we would only be there for a few songs. Piling out of the car, they ran straight into the Mosh Pit. By now I had two choices: Stay by the car where lots of Drunken College kids would be pulling up to, or go with my friends into the Mosh. The answer was as clear as rain.
About an hour passed and I asked them if they could take me home, they said they only wanted to be there for one more song and then we would leave. I said alright and that I would go wait by the car. As I was going to leave, one of them thought it was funny to push me into the Mosh Pit. Immediately I checked my surroundings. Kids on all sides, death metal behind me, and some other guy being pushed into the Pit. He happily spun and danced to the music. I am pretty sure he was drunk. My hunch was confirmed when he started leaning on me because he couldnt hold himself up. Not liking the feeling of another mans breath down my neck, I took a few steps back and the guy fell over. The crowd pointed and laughed at him and it seemed he took it personally. I know this because he got up and took a swing at me.
Telling him that fighting wasnt necessary, I decided it would be best to leave before the crowd started waiting for something to happen. As I went to leave, he pulled me back in and punched me in the jaw. Using what I had learned from my two-weeks of Karate class I knocked the guy out. This got the crowd in an uproar. Beer bottles started flying and the bands lead singer leapt off the stage. By now I knew this was bad and tried pushing my way out of the Pit in a desperate attempt to avoid any more violence. Sadly, the guy I had decked had a friend with him. He was big, and he was black. If you dont know where this is going I'll give you a hint, I woke up an hour later in my friends car with an icepack on my head.
It was then my thoughts on society changed. We are becoming progressively more and more violent as a society, and theres nothing we can do to stop it. People are given awards and medals for the violence they cause. A person will enjoy the media's glorification of them gunning down a schoolyard. I cant help but wonder if the media is one of the main reasons there is so much violence nowadays? Ah well,society is changing and its just good to be aware.
My thoughts on society have changed. I didn't realize what the world was coming to until just recently, however. It occurred to me that the world is no longer a place where children can roam the woods without a care in the world. Now we have school shootings,terrorism, and Death metal. I learned this tragic lesson when I went to my first and last concert. It was a Mosh Pit.
Last Summer, my friends had the brilliant idea to go to a concert before school started. We only had a few weeks left of Summer, so I said,"Hey, why not?" I didn't bother to ask what band was playing or what songs we were going to hear, I was just happy I was going to my first concert. My friends picked me up at about 6:30 and we headed out. The sound of Death metal didn't escape my ears as we drove down the road, I just shrugged it off and assumed that a car that was driving by us was playing it. Sadly, I was wrong.
When we got there, I learned that it was actually the band that was playing the Death metal! They had some weird name like the Death Desciples or something idiotic like that...Immediately I asked my friends if we they could take me back. They laughed and told me we would only be there for a few songs. Piling out of the car, they ran straight into the Mosh Pit. By now I had two choices: Stay by the car where lots of Drunken College kids would be pulling up to, or go with my friends into the Mosh. The answer was as clear as rain.
About an hour passed and I asked them if they could take me home, they said they only wanted to be there for one more song and then we would leave. I said alright and that I would go wait by the car. As I was going to leave, one of them thought it was funny to push me into the Mosh Pit. Immediately I checked my surroundings. Kids on all sides, death metal behind me, and some other guy being pushed into the Pit. He happily spun and danced to the music. I am pretty sure he was drunk. My hunch was confirmed when he started leaning on me because he couldnt hold himself up. Not liking the feeling of another mans breath down my neck, I took a few steps back and the guy fell over. The crowd pointed and laughed at him and it seemed he took it personally. I know this because he got up and took a swing at me.
Telling him that fighting wasnt necessary, I decided it would be best to leave before the crowd started waiting for something to happen. As I went to leave, he pulled me back in and punched me in the jaw. Using what I had learned from my two-weeks of Karate class I knocked the guy out. This got the crowd in an uproar. Beer bottles started flying and the bands lead singer leapt off the stage. By now I knew this was bad and tried pushing my way out of the Pit in a desperate attempt to avoid any more violence. Sadly, the guy I had decked had a friend with him. He was big, and he was black. If you dont know where this is going I'll give you a hint, I woke up an hour later in my friends car with an icepack on my head.
It was then my thoughts on society changed. We are becoming progressively more and more violent as a society, and theres nothing we can do to stop it. People are given awards and medals for the violence they cause. A person will enjoy the media's glorification of them gunning down a schoolyard. I cant help but wonder if the media is one of the main reasons there is so much violence nowadays? Ah well,society is changing and its just good to be aware.
