afo@pucc-k (sefton) (06/27/84)
(breathe deeply, then jump) I see that the powers that be will probably get the drinking age raised to 21. And that the motion picture whosits want a 'pg13' to keep the under thirteen year-olds out of the more violent movies (now how do we keep them from watching th 'a-team'- or the 'six o'clock news'?). Now I see that someone would like to slap stickers on music that might have 'suggestive' lyrics, and to keep the younger listeners from buying them. Now wait a minute...how young is too young to listen to 'suggestive' lyrics? And how do we keep the youngsters from just taping whatever they can't buy? Have only non-suggestive songs on AM radio, and restrict the sales of FM radios? Fit them with itty-bitty earplugs that emit a 60 hz tone whenever a 'suggestive' lyric is transmitted? And once we get rid of all the songs with suggestive lyrics, what next? Songs that advocate the overthrow of the government? Ones that clash with right-wing 'gimme your money please' Christians? Raising the drinking age may keep some kid from smashing into my van and killing me, and keeping them out of violent movies may keep them from shooting me, but what does keeping them from hearing 'suggestive' lyrics do? (don't say rape, that is case #2) Laurie pucc-k:afo