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    In The Republic‚ Plato plays around with the argument that it is better to be just than unjust. His vessel for showing this is through the forming of an “ideal” city. In this hypothetical city he creates a censored educational system and abolishes the “typical” family structure in hopes that the society would be just. Taking in the context and the time period‚ Socrates’ ideas were radical but plausible‚ if executed correctly. Through that execution‚ though‚ I am not completely convinced that human

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    Phil Turner Philosophy 02/14/2012 Censorship Should the government censor media‚ literature‚ and the internet? Censorship has been a major controversy in the United States even before it was country. In 1734 a New York newspaper printer‚ John Peter Zenger‚ publicly bashed the current ruler at the time and was imprisoned. He was defended by Alexander Hamilton who made his famous speech “truth can ’t be libel.” This case led to freedom of speech to be added to the Declaration of Independence

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    CENSORSHIP Abstract Censorship is a means by which families and governments can filter exactly what the user is able to access. Some argue that censorship is necessary given all the questionable content in the world while others believe that censorship is a violation of free speech and expression. There are some that even feel as if “the powers that be” use censorship as a means of controlling the world. We will explore from different aspects what censorship is‚ how we are affected by it‚ and

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    Censorship? You have to be kidding me! Censorship is used by government and other ordinary people to basically get rid of things they don’t like and things they think harms society. Censorship puts the people who censor in control. The person who censors is almost like a dictator with all power. Censorship eludes to a fascist government where the government controls what you see and what you do and what you hear. The government basically controls you. Censorship puts all power into the hands of

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    Prof. Mikhael Rhet 102- Essay July 5 2013 Media censorship in Egypt Censorship is the suppression of something that may considered as inappropriate or unmoral. Governments especially in undemocratic countries use media censorship for its own benefit and for political censorship. Political censorship is that government hides information from the citizens because they do not want the diffusion of different point of views and voices. Censorship has its advantages and disadvantages like everything

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    themselves to incessantly scrutinize and block that which doesn ’t appeal to them. Censorship in general means 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. It occurs in a variety of different contexts including speech‚ books‚ music‚ films

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    Censorship is the act or practice of suppressing the speech or public communication which is considered objectionable‚ harmful and sensitive‚ by a government‚ media outlet or other controlling bodies. This public content is censored for many reasons that the active bodies believe are immoral. Some reasons include: controlling obscenities‚ pornography‚ hate speeches‚ protecting young children‚ to promote or restrict political or religious views or even to protect the national security of a country

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    Liberal Censorship (Socratic Seminar) A brief introduction * It is clear that neither technology nor censorship can stand without impacting each other in one way or another. What we should aim for would be minimize the negative impacts‚ and maximize the benefits of media. As such‚ it is clear that we have to strike a balance between censorship and technology. * One clear example would be that new forms of media are making it an uphill task to maintain the extant level of censorship * At

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    Censorship is a process of controlling‚restricting or preventing the public broadcast of some words‚ideas and other statements‚which are against the moral values of a particular society or that words are forbidden in that society according to the rules of censorship. (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800712.html). Censor board is a committee of several people who monitor the voilation of certain moral and religious or any other values.The committee has a responsibility to monitor writings

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    Look at the Arguments for and Against Censorship “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press” (Roleff‚ Barbour‚ and Szumski 5). Controversy surrounds the topic of censorship. Americans generally believe in the freedom of speech and expression‚ but some citizens of the liberal USA support censorship. Globally speaking‚ censorship is not really a topic of discussion‚ it just exists. Librarians have struggled with censorship over the years and the development of new

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