[carlosjobim]

Don't you think rap music has a negative influence? Or pornography?

When was it decided that it's not true that popular culture and technology can have a destructive influence on people? This was decided before I was born, so why should it be my duty to accept it as true?

The more I notice this, the more crazy it seems. When was it decided that the TV should be center in every home and treated like the most important thing in life? Those are just people in a studio, yet most people and especially old people consider those people to be gods, deserving the greatest reverence. Who told them to buy a TV and put it into their homes? How could that become normal?

[orwin]

Because before rap, it was rnb. Before RnB, it was Rock. Before Rock, it was Jazz, before Jazz, it was Blues, and before Blues, it was any music containing thirds or sevenths.

Popular music is just that: popular, and since people like to appear distinct from the masses, some do it via music.

I don't disagree with the rest, but 'rap music has a negative influence' is extremely reactionary.

[alistairSH]

Anything can cause harm in the extreme.

At the same time, society tends to blame the shiny new thing for all that ails it. And there's always a shiny new thing.