Self-study
Social critic: The whole debate over the legal right of rock singers to utter violent lyrics misses the point. ████████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ███ ██ █████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ █████ ██ ██ █████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ███ ███ ███ ██ ████
Summary
The debate over the legal right of rock singers to say violent lyrics misses the point. There is legally very little that cannot be said. Not everything that can legally be said ought to be said. Violence came before the popularity of violent lyrics in music. Words can change how we see and how we act.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
There could be a relationship between violent song lyrics and violent views and actions.
7.
Which one of the following ██ ████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████
a
If rock music ████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ████████
This is anti-supported because the author states that very little speech is illegal and that there is a difference between things that are legal and things that ought to be said. The author doesn’t advocate making any speech illegal.
b
The law should ██ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ████ ████████ ███████ ███████
This is unsupported because the author does not advocate for a change in laws, and the author draws a distinction between what can be said legally versus what ought to be said.
c
Violent rock song ██████ ██ ███ ██████ █████████ ████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ████████
This is anti-supported because the author states that words can influence how we act, meaning the author thinks it is possible for violent lyrics to lead to some violent acts.
d
If rock musicians ███████████ ██████ █████ ███████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██ ████████
This is strongly supported because the author states that words, exemplified by violent lyrics, can affect how people act. This means that choosing not to speak violent lyrics could reduce violent acts.
e
Stopping the production ██ ████ █████ ████ ████████ ███████ ██████ █████ █████████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ████████
This is unsupported because the author concedes that violent acts predate violent lyrics. While the author thinks there is a connection between words and actions, it is unclear that stopping these lyrics would eliminate “much” violence.