BEHEMOTH Frontman Formally Charged For Bible Destruction
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BEHEMOTH Frontman Formally Charged For Bible Destruction
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According to Interia.pl and GazetaPrawna.pl, vocalist/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH was formally charged on Monday (March for insulting Roman Catholics.
Darski made headlines in his native country in September 2007 when he reportedly called the Catholic Church "the most murderous cult on the planet" during a BEHEMOTH performance in Gdynia and tore up a copy of the Bible onstage (see video below).
After the incident, Ryszard Nowak, head of the All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects sued BEHEMOTH for promoting Satanism. Although a court expert witness on religious matters said that the act of destroying the Holy Bible could offend somebody's religious feelings (a criminal offense under Polish law), the case was discontinued because no one except Nowak accused BEHEMOTH of insulting their religious beliefs. (Under Polish law, there must be at least two formal complaints before a charge is laid. The previous complaint was made in 2008, and recently an unspecified number of other complaints had been filed.)
Nergal is pleading not guilty to the charge.
According to Metal As Fuck, in the first hearing, under cross examination, Darski stated what he does on stage is part of artistic license and it wasn't supposed to offend religious feelings. However, an expert on religious history and studies from Jagellonian University in Krakow stated that every copy of a bible could be considered a religious icon.
There was no judgment ruled against Darski in the first hearing, but now that a second complaint has been filed, the matter will be heard by the courts.
If found guilty, Darski faces up to 2 years in prison.
In a 2009 interview with Decibel magazine, BEHEMOTH bassist Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski explained that the Bible-tearing incident was by no means a spontaneous outburst. "We'd been doing that for two years on tour before it happened in Poland," he said. "So, we had discussed it many times before. A BEHEMOTH show is a BEHEMOTH show, and BEHEMOTH fans are coming to a BEHEMOTH show. BEHEMOTH fans know what BEHEMOTH is about, know what the lyrics are about, and know at least a little of the philosophy behind the band. So, it's kind of surprising that there are people coming to the shows and feeling offended with what we do onstage. If such a person comes to a show, he comes with the purpose of being offended, I guess, and it shouldn't be like that. We're not offending any particular person. We're just offending the religion that we've been raised in."
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According to Interia.pl and GazetaPrawna.pl, vocalist/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH was formally charged on Monday (March for insulting Roman Catholics.
Darski made headlines in his native country in September 2007 when he reportedly called the Catholic Church "the most murderous cult on the planet" during a BEHEMOTH performance in Gdynia and tore up a copy of the Bible onstage (see video below).
After the incident, Ryszard Nowak, head of the All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects sued BEHEMOTH for promoting Satanism. Although a court expert witness on religious matters said that the act of destroying the Holy Bible could offend somebody's religious feelings (a criminal offense under Polish law), the case was discontinued because no one except Nowak accused BEHEMOTH of insulting their religious beliefs. (Under Polish law, there must be at least two formal complaints before a charge is laid. The previous complaint was made in 2008, and recently an unspecified number of other complaints had been filed.)
Nergal is pleading not guilty to the charge.
According to Metal As Fuck, in the first hearing, under cross examination, Darski stated what he does on stage is part of artistic license and it wasn't supposed to offend religious feelings. However, an expert on religious history and studies from Jagellonian University in Krakow stated that every copy of a bible could be considered a religious icon.
There was no judgment ruled against Darski in the first hearing, but now that a second complaint has been filed, the matter will be heard by the courts.
If found guilty, Darski faces up to 2 years in prison.
In a 2009 interview with Decibel magazine, BEHEMOTH bassist Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski explained that the Bible-tearing incident was by no means a spontaneous outburst. "We'd been doing that for two years on tour before it happened in Poland," he said. "So, we had discussed it many times before. A BEHEMOTH show is a BEHEMOTH show, and BEHEMOTH fans are coming to a BEHEMOTH show. BEHEMOTH fans know what BEHEMOTH is about, know what the lyrics are about, and know at least a little of the philosophy behind the band. So, it's kind of surprising that there are people coming to the shows and feeling offended with what we do onstage. If such a person comes to a show, he comes with the purpose of being offended, I guess, and it shouldn't be like that. We're not offending any particular person. We're just offending the religion that we've been raised in."
WATCH WHAT YOU DO GUYS! THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!
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wait---
wouldn't pleading GUILTY be more
wouldn't pleading GUILTY be more
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The church wants you to be guilty.Zerohero wrote:wait---
wouldn't pleading GUILTY be more
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Poland is SERIOUSLY catholic. I think they have a right to their laws - and you have the responsibility of understanding those laws and understand the punishment. I hate most catholics and the bible is worthless to me apart from a good story here or there. Someone tearing up a bible seems more silly than anything to me. The Poles have a right to make and enforce their laws.
Behemoth are stupid and sucky anyway.
Behemoth are stupid and sucky anyway.
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The law states that you cannot publicly offend a persons religious beliefs. Now if a person is attending a Behemoth concert they are choosing to be there. It's not they did this on a street corner. They did this to their fans who already understand what Behemoth is about.Mr. Budd wrote:Poland is SERIOUSLY catholic. I think they have a right to their laws - and you have the responsibility of understanding those laws and understand the punishment. I hate most catholics and the bible is worthless to me apart from a good story here or there. Someone tearing up a bible seems more silly than anything to me. The Poles have a right to make and enforce their laws.
Behemoth are stupid and sucky anyway.
I won't even get into Polands ever so shifting way of life. One minute atheist, next minute charging people for offending peoples religious beliefs.
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A concert is a public performance. There is staff working - they can be offended. I think such laws are wrong and stupid but they are their laws and you should expect to understand those laws. I'm not sure you know enough about Poland for your opinion to have any critical validity.Vagectomy wrote:The law states that you cannot publicly offend a persons religious beliefs. Now if a person is attending a Behemoth concert they are choosing to be there. It's not they did this on a street corner. They did this to their fans who already understand what Behemoth is about.Mr. Budd wrote:Poland is SERIOUSLY catholic. I think they have a right to their laws - and you have the responsibility of understanding those laws and understand the punishment. I hate most catholics and the bible is worthless to me apart from a good story here or there. Someone tearing up a bible seems more silly than anything to me. The Poles have a right to make and enforce their laws.
Behemoth are stupid and sucky anyway.
I won't even get into Polands ever so shifting way of life. One minute atheist, next minute charging people for offending peoples religious beliefs.
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His news of the world comes from the DIEHARD FAN FEEDBACK section of Blabbermouth...Mr. Budd wrote: I'm not sure you know enough about Poland for your opinion to have any critical validity.
does your employer know that you are a cold hearted animal murderer in addition to being an insatiable pervert?-meatgrease
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you see waht's going on here, right? HE'S going to jail and I'M going to fuck his girlfriend...dominichorton wrote: not enough bibles in the world...
does your employer know that you are a cold hearted animal murderer in addition to being an insatiable pervert?-meatgrease
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dominichorton wrote:you guys seen his gf?
not enough bibles in the world...
There's about 1,000,000 of those in Poland.
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Go to Cz instead - there's even more - Ukraine too.
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Yep. Send in Agent Rahmer to bust him out...Magick Sam wrote:sounds to me like there might have been some reverse mental torture going on
In other news, Poland sucks.
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He should just be glad he didn't hold up a picture of Jesus with a beer and a cigarette photoshopped into his hands.
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BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!How Are Mortiis Goatse?! wrote:He should just be glad he didn't hold up a picture of Jesus with a beer and a cigarette photoshopped into his hands.
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TO THE PAGAN VASTLANDS!Mr. Budd wrote:dominichorton wrote:you guys seen his gf?
not enough bibles in the world...
There's about 1,000,000 of those in Poland.
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