Amorality - a study on the argument for censorship

I’m here to tell you that music and other forms of artistic expression should be regulated.  Where else can an artist be glorified for writing or singing about beating his girlfriend, killing police officers, having an abortion and blowing up an embassy?  Music is the biggest offender.  Our children are being bombarded from every possible nook and cranny with these kinds of messages.  With the advent of “services” like Spotify, Grooveshark, Pandora and countless others, our children are subjected to amoral messages with impunity.  Likewise, the sharing of music among children has spread like a virus.  New technologies have made copying, collecting and transmitting depraved content as easy as sending an email.

You’ll recognize them.  The dark hoodies.  The ear-buds.  These individuals can be seen slinking around the neglected streets without a care for their fellow human being.  Likened to the walking dead – they appear emotionless and pale from spending hours on their computers in darkened rooms or basements.  We are truly seeing the zombie apocalypse embodied in our youth and the musical filth they listen to.  It is time for action.  The government is our last and only hope.  Only they have the reach and the resources to rid our society of this technological plague.

There are a number of reasons we need censorship now.  First, there are countless instances where content reinforces negative behaviors such as violence and physical abuse in the home.  Why is government expected to aid victims and prosecute offenders and not expected to regulate music that reinforces this kind of behavior? Government, with censorship, can help decrease these kinds of incidents simply by eradicating the glorification of dangerous or illegal behavior.

Secondly, the government should be committed to uphold the morals dictated by society.  And by doing so, protect young and easily influenced minds from vulgarity and sexually explicit content.  Indeed, some of these individuals may not understand the difference between reality and fantasy and may act on the content as we saw in the suicide case of John McCollum.  Here, the case was dismissed but bitterly reminds us that lyrics can have a savage effect on the unstable or depressed.

Lastly, the music industry has been invited to self-regulate for years and has fought the idea with their vast resources.  We believe they will never entirely self-regulate.  This is where the government is needed to help in the prevention of amoral lyrics reaching the minds of our youth.  Likewise, the censorship is needed to prevent obscene and sexually explicit lyrics from reaching everyday listeners.  The government’s mission is to uphold and maintain the morals for the society it serves. 

I look forward to a future where music and artistic expression are created for the betterment of society and done so solely by the artist without the encouragement of government.  For all of those 1^st amendment peddlers – you must concede that society has degraded immensely in the past 60 years.  We live in a different time where terrorists are trying to unravel what is left of our society.  They will infiltrate any and all avenues that are open to them.  The government is obligated to protect our interests as well as our delicate societal structure.  We are straddling the razor’s edge between functional society and amoral anarchy.  Censorship is one small piece of a vast puzzle that requires government action.  Are you ready to jump blindly into the breach of depravity?