Vocabulary.com describes censorship as blocking something from being read‚ heard‚ or seen. Aucklandlibraries.com describes a banned book as being prohibited from being published or circulated by a government authority. Many books have been banned or challenged. Some of the reasons for banning books is offensive language‚ sexual content‚ racial themes‚ religious content‚ alternative lifestyle‚ profanity‚ violence‚ negativety‚ and political views‚ people also say that books challenge and interrogate
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Guns Should Not Be Banned In The U.S. Firearms are weapons of destruction‚ annihilation‚ and carnage. However‚ a lot of people disagree and have very legitimate reasons why firearms should not be banned. There are several controversies that suggest banning the use or possession of firearms. Guns should not be banned. In contrast‚ guns can be weapons of destruction or a form of self-protection; depending on the user and the training of that particular person. Being trained by a firearms instructor
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with humor‚ fast moving images and catchy tunes. "Beer consumption is the leading cause of death on college campuses‚" said Tom Osborne‚ formar coach of the University of Nebraska football team. A drunken riot broke out on campus following an Ohio State game. As a result a group is working to make the National Collegiate Athletic Association ban beer advertising from college sports. So far‚ 246 colleges have agreed. A study also shows that young children had a high recall when viewing a commercial
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Why should guns be banned‚ i think guns should be banned because they are dangerous to people and families. Yes‚ guns should be banned because they might hurt someone or something and most people rob places and they always have to use a gun or the person that is working has a gun under them and might need it if they get rob or something else. Everybody wants guns because with all the shooting that is going around they want them to protect there family and friends and probably other
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Many of us know that smoking is the bad habit. It can affect the smoker’s health and also those around them. Although most of the us know about the negative effect of smoking‚ the number smoker keep on increasing every year. The authority has taken a lot of effort in order to reduce the number of smoker such as holding talk ‚poster ‚ and prohibit smoking in certain public place ‚but the effort seem like wasted. In my opinion‚ I agree with the statement that smoking should be prohibited in public
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from classrooms and libraries while it weighs whether it should permanently ban the American classics because of the books’ use of racial slurs” (Balingit). Even though To Kill a Mockingbird is an all-time classic‚ it is also frequently banned in schools. The common reason for the novel’s removal is the use of language. Some parents want the book banned because they feel racial slurs should not be read by students. Parents uncomfortable with discovering these words‚ disagree
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Junk Food Should Not Be Banned At School Government and schools authorities care much about the nutrition at school. However‚ they are arguing about whether school should keep selling junk food or not. So far‚ some people have been expressing their opinions saying that junk food should be banned at school. Others think that junk food should not be banned at school. Junk food should not be banned at school because junk foods are inexpensive‚ students prefer freedom of choice‚ and school food keeps
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of the largest and most problematic health issues in our society is smoking. Smoking is currently the leading cause of death in our country‚ due to its harmful and addicting contents‚ such as nicotine and tobacco. Although millions die from it each year‚ smoking is the single most preventable cause of death as well. Without smoking‚ a tremendous amount of money and lives will be saved. I think that our country should ban smoking and the production of cigarettes in order to maintain a healthier
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most astonishing to find on a banned book list is the very popular Harry Potter series. By examining that this book is a fantasy‚ Harry is a hero‚ and that the message has nothing to do with why it was banned‚ it is clear that Harry Potter should NOT be banned. I have found sources that agree with me‚ but also show the other side of the story. Deji Olukotun wrote the article “The Banning of Harry Potter”. The main idea of this article is Harry Potter should be banned for a certain age group‚ but
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Should Junk Food Be Banned from Schools? by Jae Curtis Another day‚ another junk food debate; from boycotting bake sales to banning sodas‚ many schools have joined the national fight against obesity. An August 2012 study from Pediatrics made a startling discovery after following a group of school-aged children: kids who went to a school without junk food regulations maintained about a 37 percent overweight rate from fifth to eighth grade without budging. However‚ in schools with junk food regulations
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