The Influences of our Lives

     Yesterday I was at a speech and debate tournament and did and expository (informational) speech on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One of my competitors did a speech on swear words. It was very well done. She explained why people swear and the entomology of swear words. I didn't know how you could do a speech on this topic, but I found the topic very interesting and decided to talk about it today.
     One of the parts of the speech she mentioned was  idiomatic swearing or swearing for no purpose. I think this is really shown through modern music. I don't know why musicians have to put "bad" words in their songs. You would think that people wouldn't buy them because of that, but really, the teenage population is more drawn to them. They are another way to rebel against parent. In South Korea, all music is edited for swear words and sexual meaning. This is much different than America where we look for that. Why, I don't know. A lot of music features swear words. At least new music. I'm very sure that classical music didn't have swear words, but that's beside the point. The younger generations are continually to drawn to things viewed as rebellious or "bad". It is my theory that teenagers are tired of their parents after spending so much of their younger years with them, but we don't even consider the fact that they spend even more time with us and are probably glad to be away form us.
    Music has more of an influence on us than we think. For example, right now I am listening to the radio and a song called "Stay High" is playing. Someone could hear this song and think that drugs are a okay way to deal with your problems because an iconic person uses them, while really, drugs will have a much worse long-term affect on your brain.
   I am hoping you will not listen to the lyrics of music now that you have read this and don't curse for no reason. There should always be a reason.