may be pornographic material on the Internet. Pornographic material is not the only material to be found on the net which can raise questions of censorship and control: discussion of racial‚ political‚ religious and sexual topics all run the risk of offending someone‚ somewhere‚ leading to demands for control of the Internet. The question of censorship may also be raised in some unexpected places: one newsgroup is the rec.humor list‚ which is a collection of jokes submitted to subscribers. There
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Censorship has been a controversial topic for as long as it has existed. Should media and books be censored? And if so‚ who gets to decide what is? Censorship prevents people from being able to have their own thoughts‚ since everything is delivered in a "safe" form. This results in the inability to involve or move forward in society. These topics are explored thoroughly in Fahrenheit 451‚ a book written by Ray Bradbury in 1953. The story takes place in a dystopian society where all books are banned
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* * * * Mae West and 1930’s censorship Nowadays‚ we probably take for granted that the majority of films created in Hollywood have no moral or content boundaries whatsoeverAlthough today the boundaries might seem a little blurred‚ it was not always like this. The censorship process in Hollywood films (as well as in many other media) is a process that has grown and fluctuated along with American society. Behind many of these films there have been struggles‚ debates‚ and confrontations
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Today’s technology allows for people to easily access information with just a few keystrokes‚ but because of the amount of information out there‚ it is almost impossible to know what will actually get when you hit search on google. Censorship is a necessary practice because it protects the public from unknowingly causing harm‚ the innocence of children‚ and widespread turmoil. The main reasoning for censoring in schools is to keep kids from being able to get their hands on information that they
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Censorship‚ “Gates” Article The recipe for a strong argument is comprised of two main facets. One is its ability to persuade and the other its ability to reason. It’s possible for an argument to persuade without reason‚ but if an article lacks reason and fails to persuade it’s left completely exposed. Alice Bailey and Laura Tallman’s article‚ “Internet filters are gates‚ not erasers‚ to protect kids in library” which appeared in 2009 in The Press Democrat‚ exemplifies an argument that attempts to
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Susan Jacoby was a journalist since the age of seventeen and she is well known for her feminist writings. Susan Jacoby was referred as a “First Amendment junkie” by some other women for her personal views concerning the censorship of pornography in society. She gestated that censorship of any kind against pornography was wrong. Susan Jacoby did not necessarily agree with pornography‚ but still she felt that its rights guaranteed under the First Amendment should not be excluded. She is not advocating
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Censorship Will Burn You According to Ray Bradbury in 2053 all the firefighters will be used to censor people from books. The author of Fahrenheit 451 shows situational irony in his writing of censorship in the future. The readers go into the book thinking that the main protagonist will be causing problems for the fire department when really the main character Guy Montag and his colleagues are the firefighters. Bradbury uses firefighters to destroy books‚ burn down the houses and arrest anyone who
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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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Censorship‚ which promotes good‚ virtuous character and condemns perversive thoughts‚ words‚ and conduct is good and desperately needed in our nation. There is a strong movement in our nation to ban all censorship. Laws are being removed‚ or ignored‚ which once made it illegal to sell pornography on records‚ in movies and in books. Laws‚ which prohibited homosexuals from living anywhere they wanted and holding any job they desired‚ are being repealed. The killing of unborn babies has been legalized
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Censorship causes a loss of societal growth‚ individual thought and personal happiness. By Brandon Markwick The length the government goes through to keep censorship on this city/world is far too much. The entertainment is limited‚ and what they want you to see‚ nothing more. The schools and workplaces are strict and allow no personal thought or ideas. And if you jeopardise any of their laws or thinking processes than you are considered an outlaw and are eliminated as soon as possible. The censorship
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