Children of Bodom and I don't give a flying fuck!

The Finnish heavy metal band Children of Bodom (pic right) was formed in 1993.

The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Alexi Laiho (vocals, lead guitar), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards), Henkka Seppälä (bass), and Jaska Raatikainen (drums).

In total they have released six studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, and one DVD. The band has also incorporated many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label them as melodic death metal, black metal, thrash metal and progressive metal.

It is also a well known fact that Children of Bodom is one of the few metal bands that has set new highs with random profanity in their songs and cliches about how great alcohol, death and suicide are.

Are You Dead Yet? (pic left) is the band's fifth album. The album was released in Finland on September 14, 2005 and internationally on September 19, 2005 under the Century Media label.

In this album there are two noted songs ~ one entitled If You Want Peace, Prepare for War taken from the Latin adage Si vis pacem, para bellum. The other song In Your Face, which I believe where the infamous phrase ~ I don't give a flying fuck, motherfucker! ~ taken from and is now the accepted common mantra of today's rebellious youths. In this song you can find profanities used arbitrarily without giving any meaning to the whole song.

Click here to see the full lyrics of the song.

Actually most of Children of Bodom's song are filled with cursing, profanities and vulgar words. To some people it may seem quite okay to use profanity in music, but they have been using the 'F' word much too often it sounds as if all their life and business revolve around the profanities they use.

One online reader put it succinctly: It seems like Children of Bodom uses it as a crutch because they couldn't actually articulate what they were trying to say without it.

Another music reviewer wrote a commentary on the band's album, Blooddrunk: Alexi Laiho’s yippy-dog barks now appear even worse than before, mainly because the overblown production puts his awful screams in charge of this musical charade, but doing so also allows our unfortunate listeners to experience the comedic gold within those stupid lyrics. Songs like “LoBodomy” portray stapler-meets-forehead retardation at its absolute worst while emitting illogical profanities only an angry teenager could write...

This brings me to the gist of this entry: Using profanities to get your point or ideas or grudges or whatever through, as if without it people won't listen to you. In the end rather than getting your message across all you get is 'landing your ass in deep shit.'

One Facebook user by the name of Katy Lim Li Lian who likes to use profanities in her comments, is now getting herself in really deep shit with everybody including the authorities. You can read the wall posting in one Mohd Idlan's Photos - Panas Hati ku and also here.

While cursing the Muslim God Allah and associating Allah with humans who she says rape pigs, she also likes to use the phrase as was used in Children of Bodom's song lyrics I don't give a flying fuck!

Consequently for the past few days angry FB readers including social and political leaders have come to the front making clarion calls to the government authorities to take action against Katy Lim Li Lian or whoever that was behind the name.

Yesterday's Utusan Malaysia carried a front page heading with the title Lagi Hina Islam, Allah which include comments and condemns from angry NGO leaders with regards to Li Lian's Facebook posting. The Gerakan Pemuda Prihatin Putrajaya (Gempur) President, Mohd Hisamudin Yahya also made a police report against the Facebook writer for ridiculing Allah and Islam.

Today, yet another heading screamed Utusan Malaysia's Front Page with a subtitle: Dakwaan Facebook disalah guna hina Islam, Melayu and a title Polis, SKMM siasat.

And suddenly (at last) we get to hear a swift response from the Prime Minister himself asking the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to take action against the perpetrator, when the last time a racial issue bigger than this erupted, it took two weeks fro the PM to give or show his displeasure. For context read Mariam Mokhtar's commentary piece on this: Namewee is a uniting factor.

Although I may not be in agreement with Mariam's entire commentary, but at least she has a point on that matter ~ that some leaders are prejudice or have a double standard in knee jerking on a certain racial issues based on who or which side of the community the perpetrators belong to. Read also Chandra Muzaffar's comment on this matter: Chandra Muzaffar answers your 10 questions.

But be that as it may, the real reason why many parties including some agencies of the government refuse (or keep dragging their feet) to be serious in taking actions on the real perpetrators of racism or people who incite religious and racial hatred by nipping it in the bud lies on the same parallel as the like of Datuk Ibrahim Ali, Ahmad Ismail, Siti Inshah, Namewee and Katy Lim Li Lian.

They are the ones who as in Children of Bodom's lyrics from the song In Your Face says: I don't give a flying fuck! Or in Si laser Azwan Ali's words: Ada aku kisah?