First Amendent or Media Condiment

             Please note the following: "Where Them Ho's At;" "Tits;" and "Simple Instructions for Assembling a Bomb with Household Materials." The title of a song, a word used in a TV drama, and something easily accessible from the Internet. What might these three things have in common? They are all salient factors in the corruption of today's youth. These are not the types of programs and songs our country's future leaders should have access to. "Entertainment" such as this has been proven to cause aggression in young children, causing them to be more prone to use violence to settle disputes. It also exposes children to adult situations they are not yet suited to understand, which in turn confuses them. More stringent laws must be passed for the sake of our nation's impressionable young children.
             Proponents of less censorship argue that to restrict consumers' access to media based on their age violates the principles of freedom of speech. They claim children will hear profanities anyway, so for them to hear it on TV is not harmful. In addition, individuals who believe in "nature over nurture" argue that a person is going to turn out a certain way regardless of his environment. With as many problems as our world has today, the last thing we need is more negative contributions from the entertainment industry.
             The past few decades have shown that some persons from the music industry are willing to give up scruples in exchange for monetary rewards. Many questionable incidents have occurred, making us wonder what has gone wrong with our society. On December 11, 1996, a fifteen-year-old boy shot himself when he bought into the lyrics of a shock-rock group called Marilyn Manson. Some individuals believe that their records, with their explicit and violent sexual content, may have contributed to the boy's death. So one might ask if the group is going to do a...

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