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Music Censorship will forever remain in a heated debate alongside the inalienable right--freedom of expression.
The question of music censorship has been going on for a great stretch of time, and seems it will continue to endure for years and years to come. Not only is it a matter of legality and constitutionality, but censorship is also a matter of morality and personal preference. Each person will choose a position based on his or her own beliefs on the topic, and whom the audience of the music in question is going to be. There will generally always be something controversial interwoven throughout the lyrics, guitar riffs, and drumbeats on the music scene. One simply needs to know what is more important, the constitutional rights of freedom of speech or preserving morality.
The organizations both in favor and against censorship will continue to wage wars with each other quite possibly forever. Both sides have this right to defend their views and will be at odds unless a common ground is found. “The groups and individuals who have been attacking popular music want to impose their personal moral and political standards on the rest of us,” says a member of the ACLU. “The American Civil Liberties Union is working hard to prevent the achievement of that goal, which would imperil the First Amendment rights of musicians, and of all Americans, to create, perform and hear music of our own choosing.”
Music Censorship, in itself, is a controversial issue in today’s society .
The following are links to sites where you can view the latest news issues and press releases dealing with the first amendment and music censorship controversies:
http://www.indexonline.org/about.shtml
For the past 31 years, Index has reported on censorship issues from all over the world and has added to the debates on those issues. In addition to the analysis, reportage and interviews, each Index contains a country by country list of free speech violations.
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