Moshing

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Pro and con Arguments concerning Mosh pitting and Crowd surfing…


Pro- Mosh pitting is a vital part of Heavy Metal and Rock and Roll genre. At live concerts and shows, youths repeatedly engage in the phenomenon known as Mosh pitting. In the Mosh Pit, the people who enter engage in “rough house,” as they show their self expression through this act of tough dance. They bump each other and some people even crowd surf as a way to have fun at these shows. People mosh, and crowd surf for the rush, and the feeling of no restraint. The music that they usually listen to when they mosh reflects feelings of rage, and often of no regard. This is the way that they try to express what they believe to be true about the music. Moshing (or rough housing), can be seen as violent in a way, but so are many sports such as football. Nobody usually enters a mosh unless they want to, and there is proper etiquette for those who do. No punches are allowed to be thrown, and when people crowd surf they are not supposed to be dropped. All in all, the People who mosh, and crowd surf ,simply think that doing this at concerts should be allowed because it makes the concert fun, and entertaining, also because it is a part of the music that they listen to.

Con - Mosh pitting and crowd surfing are extremely dangerous activities to participate in at a concert. It is very easy for people to get hurt when the join into a brawl in the mosh, or if the crowd drops the person that is crowd surfing. Injuries are bound to happen if the people around you are irresponsible. People get crushed if they fall in either case. Law suits could arise if someone gets hurt. People generally don’t like the fact that they might get hit if they attend a certain concert. Mosh pitting should be banned ,and so should crowd surfing ,so that accidental deaths do not occur as a result of participating in these out-of-control acts of recklessness....