Also, parents can censor lyrics for children based on their family's values, but there is no direct reason why the government should be censoring lyrics. ... People who censor lyrics are ignorant for not realizing artists are singing about the world we are living in and society"s problems. There are still many individuals out there who don't want to censor these lyrics and depend on them to express their own emotions. Countless number of teenagers listen to music to forget about their problems and relate to a singer"s lyrics. ... If we are censoring lyrics, why stop at that? ...

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Music now in days especially RAP is censured very strictly because of their lyrics, and by what their lyrics can promote. Its true rap artists now in days use a great deal of obscenities, violence and foul language in their lyrics that can create censorship. Many adults think that by having this kind of lyrics in their songs they can promote violence or hatred to other individuals. ... The reason I feel this way is because the artist might promote the use of drugs, violence, sex, and hatred to other ethnicities in their lyrics, but it all comes down to how the individual thinks, acts and basi...

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These lyrics are teaching the children who buy them that guns and degrading women is a way of life (Tucker). ... Music with lyrics, as harsh as these need to be censored, because with the lessons these songs are teaching, the future of our country will be in the hands of "gangsta's." ... They are taking the necessary precautions to protect their children from the harsh lyrics that are found in the CD's with parental advisory labels on them. ... He, like many other political figures, opposes the lyrics in many of today's songs, but unlike others, he is standing up and fightin...

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The message: censor obscene music and censor "pro-drug lyrics". These censors announced their plan to pressure major record companies to discontinue production of what they called "obscene" music and music which contains " blatantly pro-drug lyrics. ... It is not like saying theses lyrics are anything new. ... That group was largely responsible for the parental advisory labels used on tapes and CDs with explicit sexual or violent lyrics. ... Louis is forbidden from playing the Jefferson Airplane hit "White Rabbit" because of drug references in the song's lyrics, even though the high schoo...

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The message is, censor obscene music and censor "pro-drug lyrics". These censors announced their plan to pressure major record companies to discontinue production of what they called "obscene" music and music which contains " blatantly pro-drug lyrics. ... The increasing controversy surrounding rap music, with its rough-edged lyrics about sex and violence, has prompted two very different responses from black oriented radio stations in New York and Los Angeles. ... It is not like saying theses lyrics are anything new. ...

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Obviously it depends on the lyrics. ... Lyrics written explicitly are in the risk of being labelled with 'Parental Advisory' or banned. For example, punk bands like Anti-Flag and Against All Authority are banned in Singapore because of their anti government propaganda and ideology in their lyrics. ... Eminem's lyrics are controversial while Limp Bizkit's choices of words are crude, to uphold the 'hardcore' image they want to portray in their songs. ...

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Parents and experts argue that rappers and musicians use vulgar, profane, sexually explicit lyrics to target the teenage audience. ... The lyrics of this song are blatantly attacking the governments" right to censor music and the parents who fight for it. The lyrics are as follows: Banned in the USA Government of the people For the people By the people [News reporter]: Earlier today in Broward County, appalling court judges upheld the previous ruling To ban the sale of Miami rap group the 2 Live Crew's double-platinum album, "Nasty As They Wanna Be," in Broward County. ...

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This has begun to change in recent years, however, as the lyrics to popular music have become more explicit. Is government censorship of offensive and violent lyrics a way to improve society, or simply a way to control who can listen to them, and who cannot? ...

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Government's Opinion of Freedom Vs. The Definition of Freedom In the song "God Bless the U.S.A.," the lyrics are "I"m proud to be an American where at least I know I"m free, and I won't forget the men who died that gave that right to me." Many years ago, our four fathers put together the Cons...

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In the article "Music and Censorship," Victor Lombardi claims, "Throughout the history of music, would-be censors have primarily targeted controversial lyrics as a problem, today we become offended by explicit sex or violence or language pertaining to such threats to morality....

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freedom of speech Freedom to Say What You Want In the United States we as citizens have the right to freedom of speech. The question is not do we as citizens put our rights to affect but it is are we able to put them in affect. In this essay we will discuss the pros and cons of this act, what a...

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Hate speech is a very delicate and intricate subject. The constitutional right of free speech is a rather powerful right. The very foundation of this great nation lies on the right of opinion and freedom of speech. With this freedom comes many different opinions and outlooks on the world itself. Sel...

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Music censorship is defined as any discriminatory act that advocates or allows suppression, control, or banning of music or music related works against the wishes of its creator or intended audience.(Nuzum 7) Studies in elementary schools, high schools, and universities have shown that music has li...

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Music Censorship: A Violation of The First Amendment "Eventually it was discovered that God did not want us to be all the same. This was bad news for the Governments of the World Mankind must be made more uniformly if THE FUTURE was going to work out It was about the time that someon...

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