Censorship and Parental Advisory Stickers essays

Censorship and Parental Advisory Stickers essays We have more influence over your children than you do, but we love your children. Most of you love them too, very much. You want what's best for them. Consider them when planning the future. Right? Oh, mother, father, your blindness to our most blessed gift, NATURE, leaves us with the overwhelming task of correcting your utter mess....I understand why they want to protect their children, but for their own good, let me point out that though you may have to explain subjects to your children that you perceive as wrong, it is better to have the freedom to explain it in your own words than be silenced under a government that has the power to squash anyone who opposes their views....Try to restrict our freedoms and we will fight even harder to preserve them. -Janes Addiction Album Message It is in my opinion that censorship of lyrics is wrong. An artist has one sole purpose, and that is to express himself or herself in the best way they can. By taking away that freedom, you are essentially taking the art away from the artist. This exerpt from a Janes Addiction album is one of the best ways I could get my message across. Artists do understand their roles in life. They realize that people look to them for direction, and they also realize that children look up to them as role models. They understand all this and so much more; in fact, I feel that some artists understand our generation even better then people we actually come in contact with everyday. They seem to trust us, the viewers, with the truth, while our parents try to hide it from us. I think that that is the main issue with censorship. Adults like to protect children from the truth because they feel that it is too much for a child to handle. An artist comes out with a song or album that states the truth, sometimes rather bluntly, and that is where most people have the problem. U2 talks about the apartheid in South Africa...