SPEW!! DEBATE!!

[ohthatisbadnews.livejournal.com]

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The monthly SPEW debate is here! Wanna know whats going on? Look under the cut!!


Imagne going to the record store, and blaring from the loud speakers is an artist like Eminem. You have your two young children with you. Should they have to listen to that kind of music, even if you think that it is immoral?
The Topic of the debate is a popular one. Should Music/Movies/Magazine/Video Games/Etc. be censored? Should the government be able to say, "No You cannot put that on your album" or "That is too vulgur for our youth to see on the big screen!"
What I Want I want you to debate over this issue. Gryffindor//Slytherin will be arguing that the government SHOULD NOT be able to censor the media. Ravenclaw//Hufflepuff will be arguing that the government SHOULD be able to censor the media.
Rules
-Only qualifing comments count! They must be signed, be at least 3 sentences, stay on topic, and stay on your assigned side.
-Keep it civil. If you don't agree with what someone says, let it slide off your back, and don't start an argument. You will not be allowed to participate in the contest for SPEW.
-Have fun! Thats what I want most of all

The Break Down
-10 points for first comment.
-5 points for each additional comment.
Deadline
-The debate will end THURSDAY, Mar. 2nd, at 8 P.M. EST!

Thank you!



DEBATE OVER! Sorry, I had to end it a little early, but I have a paper due tomorrow, and it will take me the rest of the night to finish it.

Comments

[yellow-eyes.livejournal.com]

Just because parents aren't good ones doesn't give them an excuse. Honestly, this responsibility shouldn't have to fall back on the government, really. I mean, though you are correct in saying that parents aren't given licenses and manuals, but anyone should have enough common sense to know where a young child should and should not be. And if you were to allow your own young child to enter a store without you, problem number one arises. Secondly, if you entered with your child and heard such a song, common sense tells you that maybe that isn't the proper place.

Lauren//Gryffindor

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

You are subjected to the tastes of others no matter where you go. Even if those tastes aren't your own, shouldn't they at least be free of offense in the form of vulgarity, nudity, and sexuality?
I'm all for a person expressing those things, but in the proper place and time- and that time is NOT where my child and I could be happening by. When I have the choice, I make the correct one. All too often, I am not given the choice of what my daughter sees. (once is too often, actually- I'm fairly uptight about my kid ;) )

Karina Black, Ravenclaw

[weirdointhecorn.livejournal.com]

And it's not like it's impossible to do these things. You can put restrictions on TV, the internet, and CDs. As a child I wasn't just given money to buy whatever. My parents saw what I bought. They also saw what I watched and what sites I visited online.
With the boom of technology and information that is the new millenium, I'd find it impossible that parents could even hide from these things that would help censor their child's media experiences.