Yet another humble yet strangely media-hungry parent who wanted to break the latest parenting scandal. If you have a problem with the way your child's camp is run, why in the world would you go to the media instead of the camp director?
Also, where's the unbiased reporting here? Since the conservative slant has already been covered, here's mine: "Yet Another Mom Offended by Rock & Roll: Mom thinks offensive words are inappropriate, no matter what the context"
This news is as old as the rock genre. My mom had the exact same reaction to my music in the 90s, but nobody wrote an article about her views. Why? Because it's old hat. Moms never want to think their kids are ready to deal with the real world. Eight years old is old enough to learn that racism and beating your wife is bad (the context of the lyrics).
Side note: I think it's awesome how conservatives get pissed off when bible verses are taken out of context, but it's okay for them to do the same thing with song lyrics. Or, at least, it's news-worthy when it's song lyrics.
Deborah Barnard said on August 5, 2008:
Yet another humble yet strangely media-hungry parent who wanted to break the latest parenting scandal. If you have a problem with the way your child's camp is run, why in the world would you go to the media instead of the camp director?
Also, where's the unbiased reporting here? Since the conservative slant has already been covered, here's mine: "Yet Another Mom Offended by Rock & Roll: Mom thinks offensive words are inappropriate, no matter what the context"
This news is as old as the rock genre. My mom had the exact same reaction to my music in the 90s, but nobody wrote an article about her views. Why? Because it's old hat. Moms never want to think their kids are ready to deal with the real world. Eight years old is old enough to learn that racism and beating your wife is bad (the context of the lyrics).
Side note: I think it's awesome how conservatives get pissed off when bible verses are taken out of context, but it's okay for them to do the same thing with song lyrics. Or, at least, it's news-worthy when it's song lyrics.