I am very much in favor of labeling recordings that have explicit lyrics, but I think that's a different matter. When my son was ten yours old, he bought a CD from a group named Loverboy that had really raunchy lyrics, and this was before the time when they had warning labels on CD's. From the outside of the shrink-wrapped package, there was no way to tell what was inside. Once he had already spent his money, it was tough to convince my son why he shouldn't have the CD, and it was even tougher to convince the store manager that my son should receive a refund (I got the refund, and the kid didn't get to keep the CD - but he's 27 now and went on to write his own songs, which are far raunchier).

I think the forum and the database are a different matter. I wouldn't expect a library to paste "explicit lyrics" labels on books - although I would expect they wouldn't keep dirty books in the children's section. It's quite obvious that the Forum and the lyrics database are not for children, although I don't think any permanent harm would be done to a child who gave us a visit.

If you have a song you want to post and it has explicit lyrics, I think you shouldn't hesitate to post it. We're big kids here.

-Joe Offer-