SPEW!! DEBATE!!

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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

[troughgirl1.livejournal.com]

I definately think that the government should be allowed to censor Music/Movies/Magazine/Video Games/Etc. I mean, look at some of the CD covers for rap artists. I totally understand that they want to express themselves, but come on, smoking or lighting up some Mary-Jane on a CD cover? It's insane! What ever happened to just a picture of them doing something that normal people do? I also don't understand why on some movies they have to be so graphic. I mean, there are some scary movies out there, but you don't have to put someone with a chain saw on the cover. It definately will get my attention, but I'm not going to want to watch it! I'm going to want something that looks good but that will fool the common eye. For example, just put the setting or the good part of the movie on the cover so that it looks like a good and nice movie and then scares the living poop out of me when I find out what it really is, hence fooling the common eye!

Stephanie -//- Hufflepuff

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

I know!!! It's like they're just out to sell stuff. They claim their music is an art and serves to raise public awareness, but it's all about the bottom line... and not just rap artists. Other genres are certainly guilty as well, but rap seems to be the bigger target because they've been so blatant about it, crying racism when anyone says otherwise.

Karina Black, Ravenclaw

[troughgirl1.livejournal.com]

I understand that rap isn't the only genre that is targetting things like sex and drugs. Look at country music! They talk about sex and alcohol too, it's just kids don't find country music as so called interesting or it doesn't have a better beat to it compared to rap. I agree that rap seems to be the bigger target because they are very blatant about all of their shenanigans, but then again can't every music genre be targetted then? All you have to do is look beyond the mask they put over the words. Take Everything Gets Hotter When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney for example. It may have a catchy jingle to it, but I'll bet that for every 10 people that listened to that song only 2 of them really understood what they were saying. That just goes to prove how oblivious we are to their songs and their true meanings.

Stephanie -//- Hufflepuff

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

Absolutely true!!
I don't listen to country, so I'm not as familiar with the lyrics, but some of them are hilarious questionable as well.

I mostly listen to Industrial, actually, and the lyrics are absolutely deplorable. I like the backbeat and the rhythm. I'm sure they could find another way to say "fight the man," "I want to date you," or "Hey, nice outfit!" than some of the things they are saying in this genre as well.

If there were regulations on the music, I would be able to listen to it in front of my daughter (I don't listen to my music of choice when she's around, it's usually Disney- eeechhh!!!) unabashed without her questioning why one would be concerned about extracting a boot from one's nether-regions. They'd have to be more creative about what they were trying to convey, perhaps delve into symbolism!

Karina Black, Ravenclaw

[esrielle.livejournal.com]

It's great that you were taught values and morals. The problem is not all children get that education at home. In fact, most are receiving it from friends and school and what they see on tv or hear in the music they listen to and the magazines they read. Unfortunately, a majority of today's children are not as lucky as those of us who are older, whose parents were interested in what we did and didn't do.

esrielle/ravenclaw

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

If a person is offended by certain content, that person should simply avoid material that offends. It's a very simple procedure that allows for individual freedom while still protecting the sensibilities of others. There are warning labels, genres, ratings... All it takes is a bit of attention, and offensive content is easy to avoid. Complete removal of graphic or offsensive items altogether, besides restricting freedom of expression and oppressing individual rights, can take a lot of depth from things like movies. A well-placed moment of graphic tragedy can ram home a moral more effectively than a thousand lectures. Moreso, where is the line drawn. What's okay to show and what's not? How, exactly, should it be defined as to what's appropriate for the public and what's not? It's not possible to draw any sort of line like that without completely trampling on the rights of thousands, maybe millions, of people. So, to defend those rights, those lines should never be drawn.
Moon Faery//Slytherin