Controversial Issues: Censorship In The United States
Mike Revelle
Mr. Perkins/ Mrs. Peters
PIG 12/ ENG 12
6 March 2014
Controversial Issues
“I have had it with these monkey-fightin’ snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane.” –Samuel L. Jackson. This is a line from the movie Snakes on a Plane that before it was censored contained some choice words. Since the First Amendment censorship, has played a role in American life. Censorship is basically the editing or removal of material, either written or oral, as it may be considered to be offensive or inappropriate to some. Censorship protects our children from seeing what could possibly damage them mentally and keeps things that should not be seen in public in the shadows.
The origin of the term censor can be traced to the office of censor established …show more content…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security. (Federal Communications Commission) In 1798, President John Adams signed into law the Alien and Sedition Acts. The United States set out punishments of up to two years ' imprisonment for opposing or resisting any law of the United States or writing or publishing false, scandalous, and malicious writing. Today there are many more different types of censorship in the world because our technology has developed through time. Television, internet, and movies did not exist until recently which means that when they started they could basically say anything they wanted. Movies began to have …show more content…
Censorship protects our children from seeing what could possibly damage them mentally and keeps things that should not be seen in public to stay in the shadows. Many people hate censorship because they think it takes away their freedom of speech. It doesn’t because as long as the people don’t say things that should be said they won’t be censored. Censorship stops things from being seen that shouldn’t be. Censorship is a necessity for the new
Mr. Perkins/ Mrs. Peters
PIG 12/ ENG 12
6 March 2014
Controversial Issues
“I have had it with these monkey-fightin’ snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane.” –Samuel L. Jackson. This is a line from the movie Snakes on a Plane that before it was censored contained some choice words. Since the First Amendment censorship, has played a role in American life. Censorship is basically the editing or removal of material, either written or oral, as it may be considered to be offensive or inappropriate to some. Censorship protects our children from seeing what could possibly damage them mentally and keeps things that should not be seen in public in the shadows.
The origin of the term censor can be traced to the office of censor established …show more content…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security. (Federal Communications Commission) In 1798, President John Adams signed into law the Alien and Sedition Acts. The United States set out punishments of up to two years ' imprisonment for opposing or resisting any law of the United States or writing or publishing false, scandalous, and malicious writing. Today there are many more different types of censorship in the world because our technology has developed through time. Television, internet, and movies did not exist until recently which means that when they started they could basically say anything they wanted. Movies began to have …show more content…
Censorship protects our children from seeing what could possibly damage them mentally and keeps things that should not be seen in public to stay in the shadows. Many people hate censorship because they think it takes away their freedom of speech. It doesn’t because as long as the people don’t say things that should be said they won’t be censored. Censorship stops things from being seen that shouldn’t be. Censorship is a necessity for the new