obeys the law. Everyone but them” (134). In other words‚ the administration should also obey the law. However‚ the law does apply in some circumstances. For example‚ the U.S. Supreme Court decided that High School Administrations have the right to censor or forbid topics that can be sensitive to students. The Administrators believe that underage drinking is a sensitive topic and that they should forbid the distribution of the article. But everyone knows about underage drinking‚ so it is not a sensitive
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The Internet is one of the biggest and innovative inventions of the twenty first century. It is considered the largest source of information and as such it is practically limitless. However‚ along with all the useful and educational knowledge which can be found in the cyberspace‚ there are also many other sources of information which are considered harmful‚ corrupting and degenerative‚ especially to a younger audience. In different parts of the world‚ governments react differently to this new invention
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the reading “2 Live Crew‚ Decoded” (523). There can be nothing worse than being misunderstood because of the use of slang. The group was being censored during their performances for being too provocative. Ultimately the federal government began to censor their music (523-24). By using slang words in their music it caused many more problems for the rap group. Gates states: “Allegories and double meanings‚ words redefined to mean their opposite (‘bad’ meaning ‘good’‚ for instance)‚ even neologisms
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rarity now. It is in fact less common to come across a book you are not allowed to read and when you do come across a censored book it’s usually banned or challenged by a school. This raises. the question; what motivates governments and schools to censor books? Especially fascinating books such as The Great Gatsby‚ The Diary of a Young Girl‚ and To Kill a Mockingbird. In the summer of 1924 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby‚ an enchanting novel about the disillusions of America after
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popularity is not always a good thing. Besides its usefulness‚ some people use for their advantage that to be against with the political problem. Facing with this situation‚ do you think governments should or should not censor the internet? I believe that government should censor Internet by banning some negative websites from ambiguous or bad sources. What kind of negative websites and why do they have to do that? Actually‚ in my country‚ Vietnam‚ there have some websites about critical political
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replacement through the use of computers‚ it is easier to manage resource with computers providing data or info security‚ monitoring pursuit etc. The main objective of this study is to develop a computerized enrollment system in St. Bernadette College of Valenzuela that could ease their problems upon enrollment of the students. Since the enrollment system is the frontier of every school‚ where in people could be able to see how prominent the school on the services they impose and how well equipped they were
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Wolfgang Lepschy ENC1102 02 August 2013 If you assign my book don’t censor it critique In “ If You Assign My Book‚ Don’t Censor It” published in the Washington Post on November 28‚ 1999 Mark Mathabane argues that the decision taken by officials of Kearsley High-School in Flint‚ Mich. of censoring “Kaffir Boy” is unnecessary and disrespectful. He gives a series of examples of how it is a bad decision to censor the content of a book since most of the times this distorts the main ideas
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First Luisa Rey Mystery.’ In contrast to his first two stories ‘The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing’ and ‘Letters From Zedelghem’ which both use first person as in to talk directly to its reader. By using third person‚ Mitchell can illustrates all the characters thoughts and movements in one‚ in which first person only gives you the option of hearing the thoughts of the main character. This engages the readers and helps them understand all the characters. A quote that demonstrates this is‚ “Luisa Rey
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class suburbs‚ just like I do. But‚ just because we don’t see this violence doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. We all know it happens‚ we’re not stupid‚ we watch the news‚ we read the newspaper. So why does the government try to censor violence? Why does the government try to censor sex? Is it because we can’t handle it? No. I can handle it. I may be what most psychologists would call desensitized‚ but that doesn’t mean I’m going to shoot up my junior high school. I could never do that. After all‚ the
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There are many ways that censors exhibit creativity‚ but a specific variant is of concern in which censors rewrite texts‚ giving these texts secret co-authors. Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable‚ harmful‚ sensitive‚ or inconvenient as determined by a government‚ media outlet‚ or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship. Censorship is
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