The Killers

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-09-2011 7:17am #1

No one seems to mind that The Killers the band have named themselves after an act of evil, however I wonder would people also not mind if a band named themselves "The Rapists". I don' think so. I can't understand why people would be outraged over naming a band "The Rapists" ( I think we all know there would be outrage) but have no problem with "The Killers" even though killing is worse.

galwayrush · 15-09-2011 7:18am

A lot of their music is evil..

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 7:19am

The Killers named themselves after a fictional band from this music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipbobacFiUY

Anyway, your thread is a load of ballocks!

Temptamperu · 15-09-2011 7:20am

Its fúcking terrible Joe. I mean think of the children, them music shops where you can buy the killers are right were the schools are.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-09-2011 7:20am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

No one seems to mind that The Killers the band have named themselves after an act of evil, however I wonder would people also not mind if a band named themselves "The Rapists". I don' think so. I can't understand why people would be outraged over naming a band "The Rapists" ( I think we all know there would be outrage) but have no problem with "The Killers" even though killing is worse.

Rape means sex and sex is bad. If they called themselves The Consentual Perverts, there'd probably still be objections.

Also, Killers is different to Murderers

GavRedKing · 15-09-2011 7:22am

The Murderers would be a great name for a Killers tribute band :pac:

Amber Lamps · 15-09-2011 7:23am

cos killing is more honest than rape

jester77 · 15-09-2011 7:26am

So there exists a band called the Rapists?

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-09-2011 7:26am

jester77 wrote: »

So there exists a band called the Rapists?

Maybe

Amber Lamps · 15-09-2011 7:27am

jester77 wrote: »

So there exists a band called the Rapists?

yes. either from poland or russia. somewhere around there

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 7:27am

I know a guy called "Rob".

You would've believe the outrage in the community after his parents used a term for a criminal act as a name for their child!

Father Damo · 15-09-2011 7:27am

Id love to set up a band called Therapists, doing a couple of R Kelly and Gary Glitter covers. Just to see if anyone did try and garner another meaning out of it.

headmaster · 15-09-2011 7:29am

I was always told not to bring an eejit into a town, there'll always be one there before ya. But what the hell are you eejits waffeling on about? What a load of bollox. Now, go back to bed and stop taking that medicine.

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 7:29am

Father Damo wrote: »

Id love to set up a band called Therapists, doing a couple of R Kelly and Gary Glitter covers. Just to see if anyone did try and garner another meaning out of it.

But.... wait.... another meaning?

it's very obvious what meaning you're talking about here. We weren't all born yesterday.

We all know that The Rap Is Ts! And it has been for a while now!

Amber Lamps · 15-09-2011 7:35am

what about the Fine young Cannibals. cannibalism is a pretty bad thing to be carrying on with

Emiko · 15-09-2011 7:37am

What about Megadeth?

There's killing going on, but on a grander scale.

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 7:37am

And what about The Jaywalkers? I'd type some more but my bloody is boiling. OUTRAGE!!!

Feeona · 15-09-2011 7:38am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I can't understand why people would be outraged over naming a band "The Rapists"

Where is this band, and where are these outraged people?

Anyway, I'm surprised you didn't think of the name The Paedophiles, but I think you wanted moral outrage from female posters and so settled on The Rapists.

Amber Lamps · 15-09-2011 7:38am

Emiko wrote: »

What about Megadeth?

There's killing going on, but on a grander scale.

but killing is their business,
and business is good

Micky Dolenz · 15-09-2011 7:41am

There is a band called The Rapists.

/ thread

Amber Lamps · 15-09-2011 7:44am

i dont hear anyone complaining about Day-Glo Abortions either

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 7:45am

Feeona wrote: »

Anyway, I'm surprised you didn't think of the name The Paedophiles, but I think you wanted moral outrage from female posters and so settled on The Rapists.

Sorry, it's been taken

bnt · 15-09-2011 7:53am

If you were to start looking at Metal bands ... anything goes, there. Head to AllMusic, put just about anything in the search box, and you'll find a band named after it ... :eek:

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-09-2011 7:57am

Feeona wrote: »

Where is this band, and where are these outraged people?

Anyway, I'm surprised you didn't think of the name The Paedophiles, but I think you wanted moral outrage from female posters and so settled on The Rapists.

Have a read of the OP again. Your questions will be answered.

John the baptist · 15-09-2011 7:59am

Maybe they're named after plant killers or fly killers, it's difficult to rape a plant.

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-09-2011 8:02am

John the baptist wrote: »

Maybe they're named after plant killers or fly killers, it's difficult to rape a plant.

The man on the street doesn't know that, to them they are possible human killers. If a band named "The possible rapists" went mainstream there would be outrage.

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 8:03am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

The man on the street doesn't know that, to them they are possible human killers. If a band named "The possible rapists" went mainstream there would be outrage.

You're just full of hypothetical "outrage" aren't you?

When was the last time you got laid?

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-09-2011 8:09am

It's also interesting that there are plans to let people know if a sex offender lives in their neighbourhood but no one seems to be concerned about a murderer living in their neighbourhood.

Snakeblood · 15-09-2011 8:11am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

No one seems to mind that The Killers the band have named themselves after an act of evil, however I wonder would people also not mind if a band named themselves "The Rapists". I don' think so. I can't understand why people would be outraged over naming a band "The Rapists" ( I think we all know there would be outrage) but have no problem with "The Killers" even though killing is worse.

THere's tv show called the Killing. I wrote to my TD about it.:mad:

MrStuffins · 15-09-2011 8:11am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

It's also interesting that there are plans to let people know if a sex offender lives in their neighbourhood but no one seems to be concerned about a murderer living in their neighbourhood.

You're completely wrong here!

That's not interesting at all!

Orando Broom · 15-09-2011 8:11am

Zyklon - Named after the gas, Zyklon B, used by the Germans on Jews.

Snakeblood · 15-09-2011 8:12am

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Rape means sex and sex is bad. If they called themselves The Consentual Perverts, there'd probably still be objections.

Most likely on account of how they spelled consensual though. Angry English teachers with pickets

cruiser178 · 15-09-2011 8:34am

Fair point op but nobody really gives a fu.ck its just one word and in fairness the Killers are a killer band. On the other hand if a band called themselves this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Stain_Child im sure there would be outrage and they wouldn't get very far.

EDIT: jesus theres some mental band names out there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_death_metal_bands_!-K

MetalDog · 15-09-2011 8:36am

They're certainly killing music with the sh!te they put out.

Manic Moran · 15-09-2011 11:46am

As the saying goes, nothing wrong with killing as long as the right people* get killed. It's a neutral term, not like murder, which immediately implies unlawfulness.

NTM

*Or animals. I like my steak rare, but at least kill the beast first.

Nodin · 15-09-2011 11:49am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

No one seems to mind that The Killers the band have named themselves after an act of evil, however I wonder would people also not mind if a band named themselves "The Rapists". I don' think so. I can't understand why people would be outraged over naming a band "The Rapists" ( I think we all know there would be outrage) but have no problem with "The Killers" even though killing is worse.

You've never heard of 'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' then? You young fellahs....yez are very sensitive......

Snakeblood · 15-09-2011 11:52am

Nodin wrote: »

You've never heard of 'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' then? You young fellahs....yez are very sensitive......

Ah jaysus, that's the young one inside the mammy isn't? Jaysus.

/Commitments.

Pdfile · 15-09-2011 11:58am

jester77 wrote: »

So there exists a band called the Rapists?

gerry fish and the mudcunt band ?

Wertz · 15-09-2011 12:09pm

Snakeblood wrote: »

THere's tv show called the Killing. I wrote to my TD about it.:mad:

Aye, it's a disgrace, polluting our TV stations with that foreign muck...can't these people learn to speak english? How the hell am I supposed to follow a whodunnit when I have to be looking at subtitles?

Amber Lamps wrote: »

what about the Fine young Cannibals. cannibalism is a pretty bad thing to be carrying on with

Ah but they're fine and young you see...if they were the Dirty Old People Eaters, we'd have pensioners on the streets with placards, and rightly so.

It's a f*cking name, get over it. First Tesco's and now this...

Captain Darling · 15-09-2011 12:20pm

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

The man on the street doesn't know that, to them they are possible human killers. If a band named "The possible rapists" went mainstream there would be outrage.

The man on the street knows Jack Schitt!

Nulty · 15-09-2011 12:29pm

Maybe a band based on the film of a similar title should be formed and called

"There will be Outrage" or "Joe and the Outrages" and the Muso-mentary of their careers be called "OJ: The Story Of Outrageous Joe"....

Devil makes work for idle hands - I'm going off to do something useful now

*shudders*

chopperbyrne · 15-09-2011 12:31pm

Sure the band in the Buffy show was called Dingoes Ate My Baby.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingoes_Ate_My_Baby

Was named after a specific real life event in Australia.