I think that problem with these "ratings" is that these people doing the rating are, for the most part, looking for a scapegoat to answer for the bad kids they themselves have raised. You would be surprised at how many parents I have heard blame everyone and everything else in the world for their kids' poor attitudes and bad language... except themselves and their own example. Sure, folk and rap and others have very hard lyrices sometimes... but being raised in a home environment where one is taught how to maturely handle life's problems is surely going to counteract the effects of these songs. Blaming the songs, however, and ignoring one's own responsibility to the children of the world is pathetic escapism. I for one am all for expressing one's self lyrically in whatever wau one chooses... as long as what is meant for adults is kept completely out of the sphere of influence of children.

May The Road Rise To Meet You,

Stevangelist