Should songs with questionable lyrics be banned?

Whenever I see/hear some argument somewhere and the word BAN is attached my first thought is always
[quote]Whom does it serve to ban this ?[/quote]
The very idea that some person or body has the right let alone the power to ban anything creative is worrying.

Pastors and church leaders have often caught media coverage with their protests and placards decrying blasphemy or 'The end of civilization !' because of something they oppose.
Politicians are the most corruptible form of human life on the planet but watch them go if they think there's a vote in it.

In today’s world, it appears that the less intelligent people are the ones who are most likely to be offended

The "pinball" song doesn't say anything negative about deaf, dumb and blind kids, quite the opposite in fact. As for the Paul McCartney one, I don't think that's derogatory either. I've heard far more outrageous lyrics than those.

Noooo nor should Dr Suess books! People are offended by everything… goodness gracious.

no they shoudn't, freedom of speech, we're already losing much of our freedoms.

I would ask those doing such banning just whom they imagine they are feeling vicariously offended for, and if they asked them.

Anyone who knows The Who's rock opera, about what is now called "child abuse", will know whether "Tommy" the [i]Pinball Wizard[/i] really is "blind, deaf or dumb" as the narrator in the song describes him, and why.

Further, they will also know that the last adjective is used in its proper meaning, not the American slang one for "foolish".

I wish (in examples like the WAP song but...) freedom of speech is a good thing. free to take in the content and free to reject it. Can't be banned as long as there is a way to avoid it....like not listening.

[@:axeroberts] 🤔what i always never got was a famous song by elvis costello and the attractions olivers army . what one line meant when it mentions one less white ni@@er which is an impossibility as you are either one or the other 🤷‍♂️always puzzles me to what he was talking about exactly

No.

No

What's "questionable" about those lyrics? 🤔

Under the leadership of the left we are seeing more and more censorship.

The FCC needs shooting for dropping the ball

Not at all. People vote with their wallets on the music they like.

Those who blast their music and violate the hearing of [b]others[/b] at odd hours should be addressed by law enforcement.

But headphones make good neighbors without restricting rights.

No, and neither are those lyrics "questionable".

No.