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    Censorship is is the suppression or prohibition of any parts of book‚ films or news that are considered obscene‚ politically unexceptionably‚ or a threat to security. Censorship is needed for many different reasons and we all have our own views on what should be censored and what doesn’t need to be censored. Growing up I felt like suicide was not as publicly made out as it is today. When we publicize suicide it breaches the family privacy‚ and it gives young children the idea. We need to control

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    The Hunger Games is a novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins about a dystopian future of what was once known as North America‚ now known as "Panem". The totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; Part entertainment‚ part brutal retribution for a past rebellion. The Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve

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    into believing them‚ but that wasn’t the only propaganda used by Germany to maintain power. Newspapers were completely censored‚ no one could publish a newspaper or even a book stating their personal thoughts unless it went through some sort of censorship first to make sure there was nothing in there that could be

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    ship is a spreading diesiese that must be stopped.It violates the fist amendment rights. It gives us less freedom to chose.Also it hurts what the artists want to say in their song.Music should not be censored at the rate it is being censored at‚ Censorship violates the first amendment and all of its rights.The first amendment promises freedom of speech.This freedom is being violated by the government thought.The article states “The F.C.C has done its job protecting people on the radio‚but know it

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    A few would disagree with this statement‚ but I think that this is an actual true statement. Censorship in the world is used for many specific reasons. Both reasons are in when and where to censor such as for privacy‚ classified groups‚ or hidden relations with something. Privacy is one reason is a really obvious to everyone. Everyone wants privacy from anyone such as the government‚ people‚ or the world. The law says that privacy is a law and if broken then there is going to be serious consequences

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    Even though Harry Potter has been around for many years teens and children now a days still take the time to read and explore this intriguing series that became so famous in 1999. Harry Potter “the boy who lives”‚ is a book based on fiction‚ it tells the story of a young wizard that was tried to be murdered by a dark wizard when he was a baby but miraculously survived thanks to the shield of love his mother showed while trying to save his life. J.K. Rowling is the author of the book. Originally

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    The Censorship of Violence in Television Media My topic is based on research in the United States regarding television violence and its impact on juvenile crime. Since the beginning of television broadcasts there have been investigations regarding television violence and its effects on juvenile who watch it. In the early 1950s the United States Senate Judiciary Committee‚ Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency held a series of Congressional hearings to address juvenile crime. Because

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    " Only mildly less restricted in terms of freedom of expression is North Korea – according to the same study the second most censored country in the world – while due to recent rates of political unrest the rates of censorship have increased dramatically in Syria and Iran‚.." (10 Countries with the Most Freedom of Speech‚ April 14‚ 2004). This topic is very important today because now every citizen want to raise his voice to the country to be heard so the country accepts the citizens’ considerations

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    According to Lois Lowry‚ “ Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of The Giver: the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.” (Lowrey) This can be seen in Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ through how books are not aloud and taking walks looks suspicious‚ because things like this allow you time to think‚ and books give you information to think

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    Bradbury writes about a society that forces people not to be able to think at all. The society is completely censored and the government has full control over everyone. In order to keep our rights and freedom‚ America does not need censorship. The act of censorship takes away the rights to read‚ the freedom of speech‚ and the ability to discover new knowledge. Censorship takes away the rights to read. In the article entitled “ Judy Blume: A Leader in the Anti Censorship Movement‚” the author states

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