Priest defends
eluniverso.com defending free speech and perhaps even rocking their own values, said two hours of a show are not enough to give a bad example to youth.
"How could Manson
put young people in favor of Satanism and drug abuse within two hours of his show?" Said the priest
quoted by the newspaper Vjesnik. Bobas, who runs a heavy metal band called Glasnici Nade (Messengers of Faith), said that most critics have never heard Manson's songs or seen any of his shows. The priest carries out an action against Christian groups in the Istrian peninsula in the northern Adriatic Sea, where is the city of Pula, where the concert to be held on 22 August. Oaza Protestant organization wants to cancel the concert, saying that the lyrics of the songs and the image of banda promote satanism, drug use and violence.
Meanwhile, seven Catholic priests offered to pay the damages to the organizers if the concert is canceled. Bobas said the best concert I have attended in his life was one of Manson in Hamburg three years ago. But nevertheless Bobas softened its support for the rocker.
Despite the music, Manson is a pretty dark character and would not recommend anyone, especially youth, to attend the concert Bobas said.