Thread: Greater of two evils?

Let me just start by giving a little background as to why I'll be asking my question. I'm in a debate class, but it's coming to a close here shortly due to only being a semester long course. Today we had a debate, one of the worst yet, about which has a greater negative impact on America. Rap or Metal? The debate, despite my high hopes, degraded into one of the worse finger pointing, hypocritical messes I've ever seen.

So I ask DV, in your opinion which promotes more negativity in general? Reasoning, of course, is a must here.

"Metal" is to large a field, you can have anything from the good old Guns N' Roses and Metallica to the crappy screechfests people play today. I don't know much about rap, but it can be anywhere from inspirational to downright degrading and uncivilised.

It's really hard to compare them...

Rap includes various things like Hip-Hop and R&B, while Metal includes all of its various types, as far as this discussion is concerned.

I'm not really asking you to compare the two, just look at the negative effects of them has on society and then compare those results rather then the genre's themselves.

Well like I said, both genres have their good styles and bad styles...

Anyways, if you're looking for a definate answer, I believe that rap has a more negative impact, simply because it is more popular than the seedier styles of metal.

I think both have a negligible impact on behavior. People will either listen to music they already agree with or they will ignore the messages in it because they like the tune. The tiny few who do change their behavior when exposed to music would more than likely be exposed to negative messages in other forms, like television.

Tell your teacher it's the television. And then don't take part in the debate at all. That is the right thing to do.