[Movemout]

I don't know for sure about this. I look over my graduating senior daughter's extensive collection of CDs and find some rap and hip hop. I also find a lot of pop and a sprinkle of C&W. I never censored what she read nor dictated what clothes she wore. I did preach the values of responsibility, hard work, and accountability. She has a few flaky ideas but most of us held some quirky thoughts at the tender age of 18.

This article is not bad on the surface but think about it for a minute. One of the traits of liberals is their penchant for being victims. There is always a scapegoat for something bad happening. In this case it is foul mouthed rappers who are causing kids to leap into the chasm of crime, bad manners, drugs, and general lassitude. I grew up in the 50s and 60s and my dad thought rock and roll was spawned by the devil himself. The songs of that era don't even raise a blip on societal mores register today.

I believe, as do others on this thread, that parents have to instill some basic values and let the lives of the young ones unfold. Some of it will stick and some of it will have to be learned again. The parents who didn't bother to try will reap the harvest of what they didn't sow. The parents who tried and failed will be greatly saddened but can take some small comfort in the fact they tried. The parents who succeeded can be proud.

[rhema]

This article is not bad on the surface but think about it for a minute. One of the traits of liberals is their penchant for being victims. There is always a scapegoat for something bad happening. In this case it is foul mouthed rappers who are causing kids to leap into the chasm of crime, bad manners, drugs, and general lassitude. I grew up in the 50s and 60s and my dad thought rock and roll was spawned by the devil himself. The songs of that era don't even raise a blip on societal mores register today.

I favor the rap-as-mercenary-accomplice supposition, not the rap-is-the-root-of-all-evil postulate. If the devil spawned Elvis's and Chuck Berry's songs, he's honed his deviltry to a diabolical edge in the current crop of "music" (see mhking's posts, especially). If you and I had emulated Elvis and Berry growing up, how much trouble could we have gotten into? Emulating today's "artists" would get you 20 years to life for cop killing or rape.