Censorship In America Essay
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 redress of grievances.
The U.S. Constitution says that everyone that is an American citizen has the right of free speech. You can find censorship almost anywhere around you. It’s in music, television, and even literature. I don’t believe that it is fair that there be some much censorship in a country that does nothing but promise freedom to all its occupants. It is said that suppression of all of these things helps to prevent the crimes that occur. However even with all of the restrictions, there are still people murdering and stealing. America was founded on freedom. Why should the government censor the motion picture industry, the …show more content…
He is trying to say that all too often, we try to completely wipe out ideas that we dislike, perhaps believing that if some dangerous idea is wiped out, it will be gone forever. But if we do this, all too soon the idea will be once more born. And if there is no memory of the dangers of it, then it starts all over again. Book censorship has tried to suppress thoughts, rather than refute them with better ideas. The books that are being banned are not even that ghastly. We are talking about the classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Catcher in the Rye. These are good books that DO NOT deserve to be banned. These novels are great to learn morals and ethics from. This is what should be focused on when deciding a books “fate”, not how many curse words or used or whether or not the main character has sex. Besides, you cannot shield kids from these things because they are out there in the real world. Books help teach these things and they don’t try to hide the
The U.S. Constitution says that everyone that is an American citizen has the right of free speech. You can find censorship almost anywhere around you. It’s in music, television, and even literature. I don’t believe that it is fair that there be some much censorship in a country that does nothing but promise freedom to all its occupants. It is said that suppression of all of these things helps to prevent the crimes that occur. However even with all of the restrictions, there are still people murdering and stealing. America was founded on freedom. Why should the government censor the motion picture industry, the …show more content…
He is trying to say that all too often, we try to completely wipe out ideas that we dislike, perhaps believing that if some dangerous idea is wiped out, it will be gone forever. But if we do this, all too soon the idea will be once more born. And if there is no memory of the dangers of it, then it starts all over again. Book censorship has tried to suppress thoughts, rather than refute them with better ideas. The books that are being banned are not even that ghastly. We are talking about the classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Catcher in the Rye. These are good books that DO NOT deserve to be banned. These novels are great to learn morals and ethics from. This is what should be focused on when deciding a books “fate”, not how many curse words or used or whether or not the main character has sex. Besides, you cannot shield kids from these things because they are out there in the real world. Books help teach these things and they don’t try to hide the