Jamaica's Broadcasting Commission BANS songs promoting illegal activity 10/11/22
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A Pound & A Prayer
Jamaica has been rife with crime so I understand the country’s desire to want to change the narrative being broadcasted by media and stop perpetuating negative messaging.
However, considering the level of inactivity from the government as Jamaica has been declining over the past couple of years, I do find this disingenuous. Censorship isn’t going to fix the rising poverty or unemployment (two major factors that are directly proportional to violent crime) and most music is consumed via the internet/streaming so most kids (who this is supposed to target) aren’t going to be affected by this anyway.
However, considering the level of inactivity from the government as Jamaica has been declining over the past couple of years, I do find this disingenuous. Censorship isn’t going to fix the rising poverty or unemployment (two major factors that are directly proportional to violent crime) and most music is consumed via the internet/streaming so most kids (who this is supposed to target) aren’t going to be affected by this anyway.
RamsayBolton
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Even though I like the nature of this particular ban, the way the whole world's going authoritarian right now is kinda wild
it won't unless people on the islands basic needs are met.In before: "this won't even stop crime so what's the point"
Agreed but that's a separate matter. There's no downside to banning content that promotes illegal activity and violence, it's a net positive.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
This ban is only covering radio stations though. Children and teenagers, by in large, aren’t listening to the radio anymore and for content restrictions to occur on streaming platforms, that would require agreements from those platforms as well.
Complete restriction isn’t feasible and we need be honest and tell parents to monitor their kids more. It’s really not that hard to have your streaming platforms set up to have parental blocks on so it’s a lazy excuse to solely blame music, in my opinion. We need to be active participants in the raising of our kids.
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UncleTomFord15
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Good. They need to start giving all those killers and robbers the death penalty as well. Tired of this clown shyt going on there.
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after they honored him as a national hero recently
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after they honored him as a national hero recently #sillygooses
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