Music Should Be Censored
Music Should Be Censored
By Kylie Toh
Most music nowadays contain profanity, sexual content, mock religion and much more. In some countries, the government censors music to protect the youth from hearing such things. Many people are opposed to the idea, saying that it’s not nice to listen to a song on the radio and suddenly a long beeping sound replaces a curse word and that a curse word isn’t that bad and will not affect a child at all. However, studies show that the origin of cursing becoming common in society is uncensored music. Music should be censored because the profanity in it teaches children to use foul language, and it goes against people’s moral values and religion. First, uncensored that many of us listen to is obviously getting to the younger generation. When a juvenile hears a new word, they’ll remember it very quickly and use it all the time, even if they do not know what the word actually means. So what is going to happen if that word is a swear word they heard from a song on the radio? They will use it all the time and consequently, most children will be using profanity. “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” wrote Doctor Seuss on Becoming a Writer, NY Times (May 21, 1986) It also means that children can learn more words from a song they’re listening to than they can in a classroom.
Secondly, in America, the first amendment gives everyone the freedom of speech, but Paul Harvey, an American radio broadcaster, stated that “Self- government would not work without self- discipline”. The music industry has had every chance to police itself but it has chosen not to. Since that demographic has proven that the are unwilling to police themselves, the government must step in to do so.
Thirdly, music affects the way people think. Jeremy Collier, a seventeenth century English theatre critic, thought that “music was almost as dangerous as gunpower” and warned his fellow Englishman
By Kylie Toh
Most music nowadays contain profanity, sexual content, mock religion and much more. In some countries, the government censors music to protect the youth from hearing such things. Many people are opposed to the idea, saying that it’s not nice to listen to a song on the radio and suddenly a long beeping sound replaces a curse word and that a curse word isn’t that bad and will not affect a child at all. However, studies show that the origin of cursing becoming common in society is uncensored music. Music should be censored because the profanity in it teaches children to use foul language, and it goes against people’s moral values and religion. First, uncensored that many of us listen to is obviously getting to the younger generation. When a juvenile hears a new word, they’ll remember it very quickly and use it all the time, even if they do not know what the word actually means. So what is going to happen if that word is a swear word they heard from a song on the radio? They will use it all the time and consequently, most children will be using profanity. “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” wrote Doctor Seuss on Becoming a Writer, NY Times (May 21, 1986) It also means that children can learn more words from a song they’re listening to than they can in a classroom.
Secondly, in America, the first amendment gives everyone the freedom of speech, but Paul Harvey, an American radio broadcaster, stated that “Self- government would not work without self- discipline”. The music industry has had every chance to police itself but it has chosen not to. Since that demographic has proven that the are unwilling to police themselves, the government must step in to do so.
Thirdly, music affects the way people think. Jeremy Collier, a seventeenth century English theatre critic, thought that “music was almost as dangerous as gunpower” and warned his fellow Englishman
Bibliography: Coleman, Jim. famousquotes.com Collier, Jeremy. English Standard Version, James 3:9-12, Print. Rodnitzky. Seuss, Theodor. NY Times, New York, May 21, 1986, Print.