Being on the Radio Makes it Okay?

A question that goes through my head so often when I'm shuffling through radio stations or looking at someones playlist is; Do people ever actually listen to the music that they're hearing, like legitimately listen to the words? So much of the time if we heard people say some of these things in daily life, we'd be appalled. But because its being put together with a catchy tune and is playing on the radio it makes it okay? This is something that I just can't seem to rap my brain around. Some people may call me "old school" but in my opinion, just because you are singing along to a song with words that were written by someone else this doesn't mean that you can say there not your words. As soon as these words exit your mouth they become your own and you are responsible for them, no matter who the original person who spoke them was.

For example, the other day I was talking with a group of people about swearing. Personally I find swearing unnecessary and inappropriate and I've been raised to believe that it's wrong. This doesn't mean that I dislike any person that swears or anything like that, but I prefer not to surround myself with it. I think that it is a bad habit that can be offensive and disrespectful to those around you. By all means I'm not saying that I'm some perfect person who has never caught myself muttering or thinking a like four-letter-word, but I've made the conscious decision to do my best not to swear. Anyway, as I was listening to one girl state her opinion on swearing, something she said really caught me off guard. She said she didn't swear very often and from what I deciphered she wasn't a really huge fan of it, but she said that she swears if she's singing along to a song. Now I have nothing against this girl, I quite like her actually but I don't think that just because something is said in a song, it all the sudden makes it okay for you to say it.

Another thing that bothers me is that so often these songs are being heard by young children. I mean I understand that some artists want to grow in their music and transpire from their childish songs with fluffy subjects to things that are a bit more meaningful and mature, and there's nothing wrong with that. But they also need to realize that those little 10 year-old girls they were reaching with their past music, are still going to be listening to their new music. And maybe at the moment they don't realize that when they're singing "If you don't wanna take it slow and you just wanna take me home.." that their talking about casual sex, but eventually their gonna figure it out and think it's okay because it's something they've been singing and hearing about on the radio. And for the artists who are trying to subtly add things like this into their music, it doesn't show maturity. The fact that they are not being considerate of those young children who they must know are listening to their music, personally I think it shows the exact opposite of maturity. I mean these young kids often don't realize that just because something is being said by singers on the radio it doesn't make it okay, or even make it true.