Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the horses and the phone...You're just an 8th-grader? (eyes him/her with all the adoration a puppy would its master...lol)
This is something and I quite agree with what you've pointed out in this piece. Anyway, I'm very impressed. I rarely find young adults who can write this marvelously...Not that I can.
Just that, I'm more into the fanciful stuff since I'm quite sure there are already a lot of people, like yourself, who voice out such subjects in this world well enough.
All in all, superbly done!

Any form of censorship is oppression of free speech.
Also, parents who let the government decide and enforce what's right and wrong for their children instead of thinking for themselves are morons and lazy.
Great essay.

Typical Left wing youth indoctrination

Good job you've certainly done your research. Personally I don't think cd censorship really matters because honestly I can think of no normal teenager that would purchase a censored cd. Like you said it's a waste of money. I think censorship is just around to make people's parents feel better about how much their children are "exposed" to.

THANK YOU! THIS WAS REALLY GREAT! You've got everything down right your thoughts are in the right place. Censorship is ok to a certain extent, but when it causes people to not have any freedom, then it's just wrong. I agree with you a lot!

You really have a ratings system for albumns over there eh? Weird. We have stickers that say 'parental advisory- explicit lyrics' but I believe even those are optional.

Fictionpress already adds a note about copyright to all work that gets posted, so you don't need the all caps 'disclaimer' warning about it. That just makes you sound a little arrogant.
This would be better if you explained what the PMRC actually does, and how it is 'a threat to music'.
I'm generally opposed to censorship, except when it comes to things like child **.

hate the pmrc... why does tipper have so much time on her hands?

I agree of course.
My library, which I am in right now, won't carry parental-advisory-stickered cds. However, it does carry R-rated movies, and you can order them from other libraries w/out a problem.
So i don't see the point.

The PMRC is the biggest joke ever... a group started by a Democrat's wife and backed by Republicans... which is sad.

Censoring anytihng, for any reason is a violation of the Constitution. That is it, nothing less. Censorship is disgusting, I can't even describe the rage I felt when I found out I accidently but the Edited version of Korn's "Take a Look in the Mirror."

I agree with you, all the way. I've been buying parental advisory sticker CDs since I was thirteen and no one has ever stopped me before.

-Curtis

LEAVE PAUL MCCARTNEY ALONE. Sorry, but I am a big fan of him and the Beatles.

you ARE dangerously smart and have a knack for being honest. i feel the same way and am glad that you voice it with such intelligence. greeat job.
--Sa

BRAVO!1 YOU ROCK! I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, ** THE DAMN ** GOVERNMENT! WE ARE KIDS, BUT WE HAVE RIGHTS! I LOVE YOU MAN!!

The First Amendment says, and I quote, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
The 14th Amendment expands the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, to the state and local governments. Is the PMRC really violating anyone's First Amendment rights? Let's see who you have listed here as supporters of the PMRC. Tipper Gore and Susan Baker were acting as private citizens when they formed the PMRC. Tipper may have had a little clout because her husband was a senator, but she had no law-making ability. Remember, the First Amendment only protects against the passage of laws, not the actions of private citizens.
Let's go further down your list of PMRC supporters. Coors: privately owned company. American Airlines: private company. Marriot Corp, Orryland Hotel, Merrill Lynch: all private companies with no law-making power. Smokey Robinson has as much right as an American to speak out in favor of the PMRC as you have to speak out against it. And as a private organization, the PMRC has the right to their voice as much as you have the right to your voice.
Again, I saw no law-making entity among your list of PMRC backers, so there is no First Amendment violation going on with PMRC's activities. When federal, state, or local law-makers start passing laws to limit free speech, that's when you can bring the First Amendment into play. Crack a book sometime.

i dont get what paul has to do with PMRC? what is the PMRC? maybe i just didn't read it well enough. i like paul, or rather paul when he was cool, now he's just a big fat old fogey sellout. nice work, i agree with you (even though i didn't get the last bit)