Behemoth's Adam Darski AKA Nergal. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Behemoth singer faces two years in jail
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Topic: Behemoth singer faces two years in jail
Posted By: Time Signature
Subject: Behemoth singer faces two years in jail
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 4:18am
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/poland" rel="nofollow - Poland 's supreme court has issued a landmark judgment against a heavy http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/metal" rel="nofollow - metal musician who tore up a Bible at a gig in 2007. Although the judges conceded that Adam Darski, AKA Nergal, did not intend to offend his audience, they ruled that he could still have "offended religious feelings", violating Polish law. If found guilty, the singer could face up to two years in prison. Darski had released eight albums with his band, Behemoth, by the time of their notorious performance in Gdynia on 13 September 2007. Appearing in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrvv0HRKgqg" rel="nofollow - full costume and makeup , Darski tore up a Bible and described the Catholic church as "the most murderous cult on the planet". "We'd been doing that for two years on tour before it happened in Poland," Behemoth bassist Tomasz Wr�blewski told Decibel magazine (via http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=181537" rel="nofollow - Blabbermouth ). "We [were] not offending any particular person. We [were] just offending the http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/religion" rel="nofollow - religion that we've been raised in." Despite this intention, Darski was pursued by Polish courts for having offended Catholic fans. After being http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/polish-death-metal-singer-cleared" rel="nofollow - cleared by judges in 2010 and 2011 , the singer/guitarist is again on trial. Officials in Gdansk asked the supreme court how Darski could be "offending religious feelings" if most of Behemoth's fans expected theatrical sacrilege? "The crime of offending religious sensibilities is committed not only by he who intends to carry it out, but also by he who is aware that his actions may lead to offence being taken," the court said. Prosecutors have been permitted to pursue with the criminal trial. "One should respect the court's verdict," http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/116879,Polands-Supreme-Court-paves-way-for-rock-star-to-be-sentenced-over-bibletearing" rel="nofollow - Darski told journalists . But the Catholic church is also "immature", he said, "trying to gag people � [and] freedom of speech". Speaking to http://news.yahoo.com/court-rules-against-polish-rocker-tore-bible-214120197.html" rel="nofollow - Reuters , Darski's lawyer said they would continue to oppose the charges: "We are still arguing that we were dealing with art, which allows more critical and radical statements," Jacek Potulski explained. Darski is currently a judge on the TV singing competition The Voice of Poland. Behemoth's most recent LP, Evangelion, was released in 2009. It reached No 2 in Poland. ------------- 
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 4:43am
 I guess the inquisition isn�t quite over yet in Poland. Hopefully the law system is more developed than the Catholic Church in the country.------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: bartosso
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 5:22am
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Yeah, that's funny from the outside, quite annoying from the inside though. Catholic church played more or less an important role during the Autumn of Nations in 1989 and it was a symbol of "freedom" to most of the people of the Communist Poland. I kind of regret that the communist regime in Poland wasn't as strict with the Church as the Czech one. Now Czech Republic is mostly atheistic while Poland... We've been being robbed by the Church since 1990 although it changes slowly. As for Nergal, there is one loony, a guy called Nowak, who's suing Nergal all the time. He's the leader of an organisation fighting with sects and other stuff like that (by accident he's a fanatical christian too). He even planned to sue Nergal for rape because... he read in a newspaper that there was an interview with Nergal in which he said that he didn't intervene when his friends were raping a woman. Even if he didn't say that seriously  ------------- http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 5:31am
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Organized religion is oppressive. This is just another example.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 5:42am
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Hear, hear. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 5:58am
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I have nothing against religion at a personal level, but as soon as it becomes organized, shit like this happens.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 6:02am
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I agree. People can believe whatever they want to, just as long as they don�t force me to participate or follow religious doctrines or laws. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |