How old are you? Don't you remember the last crusader for the children from the 1980s, the one who brought us those "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" labels on CDs? That was none other than Miss Tipper, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Al Gore.
I am willing to buy that Tipper had perfectly honest, heartfelt reasons why she wanted to judge and label bands' CDs. The "brain damage" comes in the solution. Tipper believes it is society's responsibility to take action to censure the behavior of people who are not morally aligned with society. But the solution she chooses -- labeling CDs -- results not in improved morals, but merely in reduced sales for the CD. She's essentially trying to apply an economic fix to a moral problem.
News flash for Tipper and all others like her: markets != society. Markets are just that, economic markets.
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How old are you? Don't you remember the last crusader for the children from the 1980s, the one who brought us those "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" labels on CDs? That was none other than Miss Tipper, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Al Gore.
I am willing to buy that Tipper had perfectly honest, heartfelt reasons why she wanted to judge and label bands' CDs. The "brain damage" comes in the solution. Tipper believes it is society's responsibility to take action to censure the behavior of people who are not morally aligned with society. But the solution she chooses -- labeling CDs -- results not in improved morals, but merely in reduced sales for the CD. She's essentially trying to apply an economic fix to a moral problem.
News flash for Tipper and all others like her: markets != society. Markets are just that, economic markets.