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

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While you don't like that the music stores play hardcore rap, there are more feasible ways you can help control your atmosphere without getting the government involved. Start a petition for the music store to play more appropriate music. Tell them you are offended by the music in person. Go to a different music store. But all-out action by the government? Not OK. There are plenty of people in other places that don't mind the music and are not affected detrimentally in any lasting way. Plus, in an argument I've stated before, profanity and vulgarity won't just disappear just because a few want it to. Like it or not, it is part of the culture, and culture should not, cannot, and will not be directed by the government.

For that matter, 'profanity' exists in every culture. Go back to the 1800s and you will have some people still very indignant about whatever is taboo. (Things that are not remotely considered vulgar today, for that matter.) Go back to the 1600s, and you have Shakespeare making disrespectable, tongue-in-cheek comments about sex. There is no way to try to 'censor' profanity, despite the beliefs of a few.

You see all these different crimes being committed by young children and then you find out the music/tv/magazines they saw/heard/read were the influence and you just shake your head and wonder why no one does anything to stop it. Well they have the chance they just need to do something about it.

You see crimes committed for many other reasons, all much more potent than that. Let's start with how we raise our kids and influence our society as people.
For that matter, an agreeable link has not been established directly between vulgarity and violent crimes. So your point is, decidedly, moot.

Lisa//Slytherin