Censorship - Is banning a song the answer?

Seán Kingston, the Miami-born, Jamaican-bred, teenage reggae singer, has a number one hit for the past five weeks in both Britain and Ireland with his debut single, Beautiful Girls. The record has now begun to spark controversy over its lyrics.

“Damn all these beautiful girls,” part of the chorus runs. “They’ll have you suicidal, suicidal when they say it’s over.”

The word “suicidal” is used four times in each of the four choruses. The lyrics are unlikely to win any prizes, but the words are set to catchy music, and it could leave a subliminal message on some disturbed young minds that suicide is a kind of norm.