[politicket]

Surely there are some racial influences at work here, or are we to ignore the glorification of black street talk and gangsta rap in the Rap recording industry, and act as if this trash is not marketed to young people of all races as the last word in hip and cool?

Foul language was around long before gangsta' rap. The difference in today's society is that children have no qualms about letting loose around adults, knowing that they have no fear of reprisal.

Has rap been a horrible, debilating influence on our society? Yes...

Is the downturn due only to rap? No...

[Gabz]

And who's fault is it that children have no fear of adult reprisal for use of foul language? The adults.

Earlier in the thread someone mentioned a teenager in a checkoutline using foul language....had I been in the line and heard it the youngster would have heard something from me - and not foul language. Why are adults so afraid of demanding respect?