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  • Censors Things
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    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 ...
  • Parental Censorship
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    Censorship... Who gives a F k! Brad MiskaPeriod 8 English My life has been nothing but censorship since the time I was born. When was very young and lived in Chicago there were all sorts of interesting things around to play with. My parents physically censored me by putting me in 'baby prison. ' They felt that certain things needed to be censored from me because of their potential danger. So I was kept out of harms way in the playpen or crib. As I grew older and was no longer watched by my paren...
  • Violence And Obscene Words In Music
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    "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech". (United States Constitution) However, it seems almost everywhere; many forms of art are being unfairly censored. One such form that is often overlooked as art is music. "Music is probably the most censored of all art forms" (The Economist; p 73) There are hundreds of artists who have been unfairly censored, ranging from popular music from artists such as Eminem, 2 Live Crew, and NWA, to classical music, such as Mozart's Figaro. How...
  • Censorship In Music
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    Censorship In Music Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been many different arguments on the topic, however the question still remains as if it should be censored or it should not be censored. Before you can form an opinion on this, you must hear both sides of the argument on this much-debated topic. Some people believe that music should be censored so all audiences can hear it without it containing any controversial lyrics. ...
  • Censorship Of Films
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    Censorship in America Since this country was founded, we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a re...
  • Web The History Of Music Censorship
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    Says Who Citizenship in America holds many rights. Among these rights are the right to vote, the right to bear arms, and the most widely treasured but largely manipulated, right to free speech. As a citizen of America the right to free speech comes along with many responsibilities, but for the small percentage that exercise their right of free speech to a large public forum, it comes with many stipulations. The more prominent figures under a barrage of criticism are those involved in the arts. I...
  • Idea Of Censorship
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    Music, movies, and books should not be censored. Authors deliberately create to express themselves through these things. In consequence of censorship, the public would not be able to receive the main idea of the product for which it was intended. However there are opinions and facts that support both sides to this controversy. In any case, music, movies, and books are written as an individual idea, or even ones dreams. These creations are personal views that are being expressed to society in a w...
  • First Amendment Rights Of Artists
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    Music censorship has been a major problem plaguing America for over fifty years. In 1957, Elvis Pressley was only allowed to be filmed from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan show (Nuzum 1). Plenty of controversy has taken places between then and now, but more recently it has become much more prominent in the media, and people and organizations are beginning to actually take a stand. For example, Island Records (owned by Disney) dropped the Insane Clown Posse just after their release of The Great M...
  • Way Of Music Censorship Towards Children
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    Censorship is a word with many meanings. In a broadcast sense the word censor, according to the Pocket Oxford Dictionary (seventh edition 1984), means "an official with power to suppress whole or parts of books, plays, films, letters, news, etc... on the grounds of obscenity, or threat to security."Suppress" and "obscenity" are the key words in that definition. Censorship occurs when we watch television or a movie, listen to the radio or buy music, or even read a book or magazine. Censorship als...

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