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03-11-2008, 09:33 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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The Smut and Sadism of Rock
Most of us have heard of the PMRC hearings from 1985. Without going into the issue of censorship, where do you stand on the subject? Do you think it is important for parents to know what their kids are listening to? How has the music industry changed as a result of the hearings? Is it for the better or worse?
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As a parent I think it is more important for me to teach my kids the difference between fantasy and reality. My parents did a good job of that and when I hear the lyrics "fornicate the dead" I don't go out and screw dead people. I don't think its a long shot to believe that most parents have done the same. Of course I am talking about the extreme end of the spectrum. When you start looking at certain violent lyrics such as "Kim" by Eminem the picture may change. Somebody acting out these lyrics may not be so far fetched. Eminem wrote about this in "Stan". We could turn this to the argument about video games and tv and end up with the same problem. Rather than screening everything that your kids are exposed to, I think its more important to teach them what is right and wrong. Of course if I hear my 12 year old daughter listening to "Fuck The World", I'm gonna take it from her. Sometimes you have to censor what your kids are exposed to, most times you just need to make sure they understand that it isn't reality. I'm not sure that the hearings had a long term effect on music. Short term, I remember having problems buying music because of that damned sticker, today it seems like a badge of honor. Lyrical content has gotten worse in terms of the subject matter that the PMRC was against. My stand on this is education. It shouldn't be the responsibility of anyone other than the parents to educate their children. The hearings were a waste if time and, though I understand their concern, the senate has no place in the matter.
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03-11-2008, 09:50 PM | #3 (permalink) | ||
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yeah,I only read the first paragraph. But I don't think parent should control what kids listen to. If that happened I would of never heard the Sex Pistols
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03-11-2008, 09:55 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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Wow, the attention span of our youth............... Skip the quote and read on. LOOK, ITS SOMETHING SHINY.
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03-11-2008, 10:23 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Ten year old kids shouldn't be listening to "Crazy Bitch" or "I Wanna **** You", but I don't see a problem with them listening to some milder stuff. It's really up to the parents. If they wanna let their kids listen to whatever they want, who is Tipper Gore to tell them otherwise?
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03-11-2008, 10:25 PM | #6 (permalink) |
Music Addict
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people are right to be concerned but trying to censor everything is impossible they need to quit sugar coating things and quit thinking they're kids are so innocent they need to teach them what things are and what they mean because kids are gonna be exposed to them anyway.
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03-11-2008, 10:47 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Al Dente
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Pointing the finger at artistic expression is an inadequate way of absolving yourself of parental responsibility.
There will always be garbage out there and if you can't communicate with your children about it perhaps THAT'S what you should be worried about, not the lyrics to a hip hop song. |
03-11-2008, 10:52 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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That's fine if Tipper Gore feels those songs are inappropriate for her children but don't tell me I have to follow her standards for my own kid.*
*I don't actually have a kid but if I did I'd raise him on Mclusky and Big Black. |
03-11-2008, 10:56 PM | #9 (permalink) | ||
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I agree that if I think its ok for my 6 year old to listen to Torture Killer, thats my choice to make. I don't think anyone should be able to tell me any different.
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03-12-2008, 08:09 AM | #10 (permalink) | ||
I'm sorry, is this Can?
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Even at the time all those stickers did was ensure sales of the CD.
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