Well, purpleland, I wouldn't want to censor you, or keep you from listening to "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", just as I would not expect anyone to censor me and not let me listen to Damageplan when the mood strikes me.
What it all boils down to is that music ias, above all else, a matter of personal taste, and that's really it in a nutshell.
I don't play my music at a volume level that my neighbors can hear it, and I expect the same in return. Just like I don't rake my leaves into a pile, and burn them, letting the smoke go into my neighbor's windows... I may be one of those purile, moronic, juvenile, childish metalheads (except when I'm listening to Navajo Flute music or some great classical pieces), but I am still a decent, considerate person, whether some people who claim the "I'm a true conservative, and you all suck" agree or not.
Thank heavens, Chad - accord at last. Native American Flute music! Peace! When I practice, my neighbors love it.
My taste in music is based on formative training and a conservative nervous system.
Muscial taste should not be socio-politicized as the snide author of the subject article seemed to do.
Nakai forever.