I think young people who do things like Sinead and/or the Dixie Chicks did are usually judged way too harshly by their oh so superior elders.

Remember, it is what you learn after you know everything, that counts. I always give a tremendous amount of latitude to artists who do truly provocative things like Sinead did on SNL. First of all, it it weren't for them being willing to do it, we would rarely be able to open up to honest debates. Conventional wisdom and decorum just don't allow for honest, open debates.