Can electronic music make you cry?

I stumbled upon a podcast on this topic (from the “Stuff from the B-Side” series by HowStuffWorks.com) and was shocked at how quickly the speakers agreed that electronic music can’t make you cry. These guys admitted that works by artists like Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk are very moving, but that it was the human element that made the difference.

I think the first problem is their definition of “electronic music”. They seem to be equating it with MIDI files or altered recordings of instruments.

The way I see it, all electronic music is created in some way by a human. Some philosophers claim that electronic instruments lack human warmth. But if a human plays such an instrument, can’t some of their expressiveness be detected in the music? Even if the sound structure is programmed into a computer, can’t it be programmed in such a way that it sounds organic? And even if it doesn’t sound organic, can’t such tones become acceptable to the ear over time and then evaluated for emotional or aesthetic content?

Maybe this bothers me so much because I’m emotionally attached to a lot of electronic music, including stuff as odd-sounding as 8-bit.