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Essay / Persuasive Essay on Music Censorship - 1364
In 1965, a Rolling Stones song, Satisfaction, was not allowed to be played because some critics thought it contained sexual content (A). Recently, hip hop and rap music videos appear to feature more sexual behavior, drug use, and violence. People believe that children should not see or listen to such things because it can influence their young minds. Music is a way to express feelings and thoughts. Some may think this is inappropriate, but really, what is appropriate these days? Yes, the songs contain swear words, people with different outlooks on life and/or different dance styles, but does that give people the right to censor them? Artists do things to entertain and give people a voice. Also, music is not the only thing that contains inappropriate things, there is the internet, some TV shows and movies that do more indecent actions. There are better ways to handle things. Yes, blurting out words helped, but it's not like people didn't already know the words. So what's the point of censoring words when we know them, when we say them. Children are sure to hear things like this, whether it's caused by music or not. I think music censorship should be handled better than the way it