I <3 Art

I <3 Art

I <3 Art

I <3 Art

I <3 Art

I <3 Art

I <3 Art

As I understand it, art is the expression of imagination. In part, this is why we have freedom of speech, right? I don't think organizations like the FCC have the right to limit what expressions of ones imagination can be communicated to you or the general public, and what can. As an example, if in a song there is a word that they don't want to broadcast, they will bleep it out or have a remix made that doesn't have the word and in some cases, the word is important to the meaning of the song. It seems like an infringement on freedom of speech to me.

If it's a question of human rights over societal convention, if these things are showing up in art who's to say societal convention isn't changing to allow these kinds of things to be acceptable?

What difference does it make how old they are?

What art could be detrimental to a child's safety or health if they brought up well? Hearing "fuck" in a song on the radio? I think not. Seeing grotesque depictions of sexual activity?

When I was a freshman in high school I watched a documentary on NAZI prison camps. Just because I saw it doesn't mean I agreed, and I was fairly young at that point, or especially not mature.

I think the only thing that keeps a taboo a taboo is the fact that it is a taboo. Saying fuck, for instance, is only taboo because people refrain from using it... and we all know they do. It reinforced the taboo... but if art is embracing taboo, why? It's part of humanity that we're holding our children from, doesn't that seem a little anti-productive?

(All of this for the sake of the argument)