That Rap music should be banned

Now allow me to constuct my case then go to attack my opponents --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rap music is a detriment to society. My value in this round will be Morality. When listening to rap music we are not only having our morals affected, but having new ones added. when listening to this so called "rap music" people tend to be persuaded by the lyrics. Like kids are to violent cartoons. In order to achieve morality my Value criterion will is Consequentialism. Conseequentialism is where the ends justify the means. Yes, when banning any idea or music of some sort, there will be some resistence/protest but the idea of a better society justifies any losses therefore meeting my opponents burden. Contention 1. Rap music is a detriment to our education via vocabulary. Slang is one of the biggest problem when it comes to vocabulary, and we must ask ourselves where does it come from? When listening to rap music we tend to hear mutiple slang and other words that are "supposedly" a nickname for something else. For example the word "dough" in real life is basicly un baked bread, however in rap music it implies money. Obviously this is a negative affect in our society. Contention 2. Rap music promotes Drug, Sex, And violence. Take for example the famous song Paper Planes. This promotes not only drugs but robberies and the usage of guns. This clearly isnt what our society needs. Crime has been promoted in almost 20% of all rap songs. We see kids acting out these rap songs thinking they are hard cause they listen to it 24/7, know all the lyrics, ect. . and eventually they start to act arrogant like the rappers themselves. Few if any songs actually promote a better society, to obey the law, to stay in school. So if we ban rap music, we will see a decrease in the amount of violence and crime. Contention 3. Rap music disrespcets women. In rap music women are treated as objects, mere bargaining tools. the rap music supports the idea of judging a women by how she looks (especially the body) then rather how she is. They give them such nicknames such as "my b*tch or my hoe. this type of music supports the further idea of that women can be mistreated and traded or even sold in some parts. Eventually this is a slippery slope that leads to spousal abuse and prostituion. By banning rap music we get rid of (or significantly reduce) these 3 major probelms and offer a much better chance of a better society. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now on to my opponents case, My opponents states his value is constituionality but never really extends how retaining rap music supports costituionality neither does he define it to the point of relavance. His value critereon is freedom of expression ( which i belive is the same as freedom of speech as well) Yes, everyone has the right to their opinion and how they express themselves among others however, the ability to produce and publish thier ideas to not only their society, but the whole world is a bit too much. Even the freedom of expression has its limits. if i want to express myself in a violent way can I simply hit someone? No, their are limits. (Cont 1) his contention one is simply his value critereon restated but he brings up that if we ban rap music, we should basicly ban rock and art. Ok, maybe we should ban those things, however thats irrelevant because the issue on hand is rap music. (Cont 2) Rap music benifits our society The argument my opponent makes is that rap music is benificial because it "kills time" - first of all, killing time doesnt neccearily mean that the time was going to be wasted. Infact, Teens and Kids might even skip school just to go to a rap concert or stay home to listen to their new rap cd. The listeners might push away homework to listen to these songs. So yes, It does kill time. Time that could be used for benifitiary things. -Second, Doing drugs and commiting crimes kills time doesnt it? or even cutting yourselves. Just because your bored and rap music is the awnser isnt a sufficient enough reason to promote or even retain this type of behavior. Boredem cannot be the excuse for insolent and reckless behavior. -Third, There are other alternatives to kill time rather than listen to rap music. The fact of the matter is that, if the child or teen has so much free time on their hand that they need to listen to rap music, it shows that they need to join a sport or hobby. however if we fill this free time with rap music they might never get a hobby or even go outsside for that matter. (Con 3) we have to be open minded towards others. The idea of having to be open minded towards others is flawed. We SHOULD be open minded towards others is the true statement. Now the idea of being open is to benificiary ideas rather than detrimental ones. We should be open minded about new activities and foods, not trying drugs or commiting crimes. it is because by banning rap, we achieve a better society , there is no other vote then Affirmative