News Flash!
Aug. 7th, 2006 02:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
News flash: dirty song lyrics promote sex!
I haven't read this article yet, but the title makes me wince and go, "we didn't know this?"
I haven't read this article yet, but the title makes me wince and go, "we didn't know this?"
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Date: 2006-08-07 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-07 07:15 pm (UTC)Of course, I'm against the idea that, along similar lines, violent video games cause violent behavior, but I think there's a difference to be drawn. Video games are fake; music isn't. Music isn't written or sung the way video games are designed and played. You write and sing to speak truths. Aside from that, the video game corollary to your argument would be that violent people are the ones who play violent video games, which I don't think is the case at all -- I regularly play violent video games, and I hardly consider myself the violent sort.
I think their right that inappropriate lyrics contribute towards inappropriate behavior (I might even go so far as to agree that violent music increases violent tendencies, maybe); I'm surprised that it took them so long to realize it.
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Date: 2006-08-09 07:14 pm (UTC)