Music: Is It All Bad?
Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor their children or society, many parents would like to raise their own children. 'Censorship, like charity should begin at home -- but unlike charity, it should end there,' is a quote by Clare Boothe Luce (Fitzhenry, 84). Many believe that the 'explicit' lyrics and content in this controversial music like Eminem will turn their children to crime and drugs. Music censorship started in the United States in the late fifties and continues till today. Will it ever go too far or stop?......
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