Censors Things example essay topic

Censorship Censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society (Censorship). I believe that music, books, and the media should not be censored. In the first amendment, it states that it is a right to have free speech. So if it is in the constitution, then why is everything censored.

Throughout history there has been many cases of censorship. Every society has had customs, religious observances, dress, and sexual expression that were regulated. In ancient times, in Athens, Greece, Socrates sacrificed his life rather than accept censorship of his teachings. In Rome only people with an authority were allowed to speak freely. For example members of their senate were allowed to talk freely. If someone did speak or perhaps write what they were thinking they were killed.

In one case a person was set on fire and the so called authority watched them die a slow painful death. Music has been and is still being censored. Let me give you an example. I personally listen to the type of music known as gangsta rap or just plain old rap. Some of the artists of this music industry are: Snoop Doggy Dog, Too Short, Master P, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, Sean Puffy Combs, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Mobb Deep, NAS, the late Tupac Shakur a. k. a. Makaveli and Notorious B.I.G., and so many more.

If Would go to the mall and I wanted to purchase one of these artist's compact disc, I would not be able to because of the black and white sticker on it. The sticker has the following phrase written in big letters PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS. Because of that sticker the person at the sales counter is not allowed to sale it to me unless I have an I.D. stating that I am over seventeen years of age. If I am under the age of seventeen then I would not be able to buy the CD. How do they determine what is to be censored and what isn t I own the Notorious B.I.G.'s CD, entitled Ready to Die, on this CD there i song that is titled Me and My Bitch. That song is rarely played on the radio and when it is every time it is supposed to say bitch it is censored.

The thing is, that there is a new song out that is on a variety of radio stations it is on top eight at eights and everything and it is not censored and the name of this song is Bitch. Not once in this song is that word censored. That is not right to censor that word in one song and not inthe other, even though they shouldn t censor either of them. Books can also be censored. A novel I have recently read, The Catcher in the Rye, had been censored.

I read the uncensored rendition because it was the author's, Jerome David Salinger, original version. J.D. Salinger obviously used those swear words in his book for a purpose. I highly doubt that he just put them there for the heck of it. So if you censor it than it is not truly what the author wanted to express by using the strong language. The media is also a victim of censorship. One specific aspect of the media is the television. Regular television and cable is definitely censored.

If you have premium channels then you will be able to tell which one is censored and which one is not. If you subscribe to premium stations then you know that nothing is censored. On regular cable television there are certain things censored. The premium channels contain a lot more violence, stronger language, and more sexual situations that may contain nudity. As you can see practically everything is censored, but why is it The ancient times will give the benefit of the doubt to and say they had no pieces of legislation's that said that you weren t allowed to express yourself freely, as in the first amendment. Whoever censors things most likely never heard of or read the Bill of Rights to understand that we have the freedom of speech.

I still strongly believe that censorship is wrong.