. Texas has the right idea with a law that was passed in June 1997. This law "prohibits administrators of state-employee pension funds from investing any of their billions of dollars in record companies whose music explicitly describes, glamorizes or advocates violence, bestiality, gang activity, or the denigration of females," (Boehlert 29). This law is a good beginning to clean music that does not turn our society toward violence. There are other possible solutions though, like making a list of words that are indecent, meaning offensive to community standards. This would eliminate harmful curse words that are derogatory....
