Do you think angry or pornographic music lyrics should be kept, by law, away from kids?
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ANSWERS: 11
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I think the warning labels are a good thing because parents have no clue what's out there and can guide the younger kids to appropriate choices. Older kids are going to hear it anyway, and any law concerning music sales would be impossible to enforce.
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I believe kids should not be forced to listen to it (listening to the crude radio stations on school bus, ban it from any school function or property) but other than that I think warning lables are enough. I would rather focus on making smoking in the presence of children childabuse.
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I didn't when I was a kid... but now that I have them. I sound more like *Gulp... Tipper Gore than I ever thought I could or would. *smacks herself for saying that.
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Yes.I am glad that there are labels. but it is a pity that so-called adults don't see that there is a danger in listening to such destructive stuff.
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i dont think its right for children to have to listen to such lyrics and wouldnt personally encourage them to listen to it, but even if it was banned by law to be sold only to those over 18 there are means and ways that the child can obtain the music including online. if they are that determined, there is nothing you can do, its like the 18+ games, you know you'd never buy them for your children, but im sure they have an uncle or school friend that will allow them to play it so they will get around it, also, if you ban it, they will crave it more, sort of like underage drinking, its fun when you arent allowed to do it, as soon as it becomes legal its no fun any more.
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Although everything influences kids, there is a limit to how much one can do. There will, as previously mentioned, always be ways for the kids to listen to it, hear references to the songs or artists, etc. I also do not truly believe that lyrics can mentally affect a kd seriously enough that there'd be need to ban the music, and if the kid is mentally unstable enough to fall under some sort of influence ot the lyrics, there are probably other, more serious mental issues goin' on that should be first addressed. Also, kids these days are hearing things at younger and younger ages; I know of fourth-and fifth-graders that dress like sluts and have worse mouths than my high-school peers. I think that early parental influence that would drive the kids to just -like- other stuff, or to not value the lyrics and to consider them a simple form of expression.
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i kinda want to say no becuase i am 15 and i don't know if i considered a kid in your mind but then again yeah, it should because when i was younger i would not know how to take bad words and pornographic subjects, i mean now i do but im kinda glad my mom kept me away from it wheil i was younger
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Ive listened to metal my whole life and i am a normal citizen that goes to work 9-5 and doesnt have a single blemish on my record. Even if there was a law to keep it away from kids how would it be governed? Any cop that see's a kid with an ipod can legally search it for adult oriented songs then fine the parents for letting them to listen to it? There is no way to govern such an idea. Plus even if sites like itunes age protected their stuff, doesnt mean the million pirating websites would since they dont really care about laws to begin with. The idea is majorily flawed.
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Haha! No. Its time for irresponsible parents to stop blaming their bad parenting on the media.
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Even if it were controlled by law. Kids will still be able to get hold of it. There's age restrictions on booze, porn, sex and movies. Yet kids still manage to do or get hold of it.
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Yes. There should definitely be a limit. Everything influences the child.
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