Lady Gaga has a negative impact on not only the music Industry, but on the music community itself

1. My opponent's statement that I cannot separate Lady Gaga from her music is factually incorrect and/or simply misstated. I am not trying to separate her from her music at all. The point of this debate, again, was to illustrate the fact that her lyrics and music are causing a negative impact on not only the music industry, but on the music community itself. I am CONJOINING her and her music, not separating her from it at all. I view her music as the problem in this debate and the source of the argument, not as an ignorant thing that is just to be thrown to the side. When you compare the music Lady GaGa produces to the actions she performs, it is if you are looking at two different people: on the one hand, there is a woman who is out speaking her mind for what she believes in in a good and honest way (her actions). However, when you listen to her music and lyrics, you see a person who seems bent on drinking, engaging in unsafe sexual actions with the first thing that moves (Just Dance), stalking (Paparazzi), lying masochism about her sexuality (Poker face), and masochism (Bad Romance, Telephone). And who hears all of this unsavory behavior? Anyone willing to listen. 2. My opponent mentions the 'imagery' Gaga creates. Now, exactly, what imagery would this be? Let us examine said video (located at the top right, top video): From the opening minute, we see a woman who is literally lying prone on the street being photographed by the 'Paparazzi' that she sings about. Then, said woman is put in a wheelchair, and instead of being taken to a place like a hospital, is wheeled into a lobby, and promptly stripped down to her underwear. Constantly, there are images of her lying in what appears to be a stripper-esc outfit on a couch in seductive positions. As these images flash by at a high rate of speed, she continues to tell us how she will stalk someone until they 'love her', though I see and feel no love in these images. Murder scenes are then constantly portrayed as she starts referencing cigarettes. The rest of the video is summed up by Gaga being 'felt up' by others, more seductive positions and weird imagery, more lyrics about stalking, and it culminates in a fake 9-1-1 call with Gaga saying she just killed her boyfriend. 3. The third main point my opponent makes is that since all of this is okay and 'accepted by society' and that 'everyone is doing it', it is not okay for me to focus on Gaga alone. I thought we were DEBATING about Lady GaGa? The purpose of this debate is not, never was, and never will be to argue about anyone or anything but the impact of LADY GAGA on the music industry. Not Ke$ha. Not Britney Spears. Lady Gaga and Lady Gaga alone. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't make it right and I intend to continue to show that Gaga's music and antics are both counter-productive, poisonous and, overall, damaging. Also, thank you for conceding the point that Lady Gaga is on the same level as all of these people that can also be considered damaging influences via their lyrics and songs. 4. My opponent states that an 8 year old is mentally developed enough to understand the song, and that ". .. Regardless, it would provide for a good learning opportunity and a chance for the parent to explain why alcohol is wrong and why you need to have safe sex, why drugs are bad and so on. .. " I'd assume that this child would be getting these teachings from either their parent or someone besides Lady Gaga, correct? Because when you listen to her music, it seems as if all of these things are not just accepted; they are commonplace. I believe that the person who needs to be taught those values are not the theoretical eight year old: the person who needs to learn those potentially life-saving values are Lady GaGa herself, and her music preaches just the opposite. Now, after everything that has just been said, the problem still remains: what is the message at the heart of the song? What is the message in her lyrics? Where is the notion that everything is NOT okay with this? Well, I can tell you one news network who wasn't too pleased with Ms. Lady Gaga: Fox (video below 'Paparazzi' vid, top right). The news report suggests that the video was "Pushing TWISTED SEXUAL FANTASIES on YOUNG CHILDREN". Sound familiar? There seems to be a recurring trend in Gaga's lyrics: sex, drugs, and good old fashioned violence. The sex part is in literally every song (I'll reinforce this point later; I hate this character limit), the drugs (mostly alcohol) are evident in, again, mostly every song (Also, Gaga's 'Telephone' vid was reportedly banned from MTV for the same reasons I iterate here). The violence portion is more in the videos, with the killing of the boyfriend and what-not. And as you can see from the most recent advancements in technology and availability of music, it is quite easy for young children to gain access to this music, absorb its information again AND again AND again, and eventually take hold of the misconception that, as Gaga says 'Everything's fine. Just Dance. ', when in the real world, everything is far from fine. They don't understand that alcohol, exposing yourself to anyone, mindless sex, death, stalking, and many many other things are NOT okay. They shouldn't even be dealing with those things at such an age! But there the songs are: ready to take children in their grip and teach them everything they DIDN'T need to know. And who lets, no, CAUSES these things to happen? Lady Gaga and her 'music'. I await my opponent's response. . http://www.youtube.com... . http://www.youtube.com...