Music content is just one of the many issues that puts the First Amendment of our Constitution to work. On one hand people believe that lyrics should be censored so that people can be protected. And on the other hand, people believe that the First Amendment protects everyone’s rights to free speech. Basically, it is a matter of whether lyrical censorship be accepted.

Many people say yes, that there should be censorship because lyrics from songs are telling our youth it is acceptable to participate in illegal actions such as murder, rape or drugs. These people believe tha

• Tucker, C. Delores. “Violent and Pornographic Music Lyrics Should Be Restricted.”

t the lyrics actually drive people to become social deviants. In one case, the parents of John McCullom sued Ozzy Osbourne, because his song “Suicide Solution”, “aided, advised and encouraged” McCullom’s suicide (Nuzum 1).

In conclusion, I believe that it should be up to the individual to censor themselves, rather than the government taking control and censoring lyrics, because in the grand scheme of things, “censorship cannot eliminate evil, it can only kill freedom”

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