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    Censorship in music has been part of our society for decades. However‚ the reasons to censor the material that is exposed to the public are conflicting and so are the means as to how put in practice a censor to the material. There are arguments for the need of censored lyrics and there is some level of acceptance from artists that audience gets a warning of content before their exposure to it. There are also disagreements to a better way to create labels for the music industry‚ without them affecting

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    Free Expression and Freedom of the Press Acorrding to John Keane ‚ “A free press is the ally of happiness”‚ wrote in 1793 (Keane 65). This quote express the long held idea that the free press‚ or in other word‚ freedom of expression‚ should be considered as a basic human right. As Matthew Tindal‚ an eminent English deist author‚ claims “Restrictions on the press are un-Christian and contrary to natural right” (Keane‚ 2011). The “liberty of the press” functioned only as a “bold and infectious

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    English III Aaron Schwarts 21 April 2017 The Supression Of Literary Freedom The banning of books has been around for quite a while now. Whether it be the ban of the bible in some countries or even the ban of The Scarlette Letter and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings in schools across America. A question that should be asked is why? What are the reasons people have the belief that some books are unfit for certain children or young adults‚ and are they right to do so. This paper will identify the

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    others could not learn to love the same book can make people upset. Censorship is affecting the world today as classics or books that could be important in one’s life are gone from the lives of others. These books or sources of information could be important to society. Censorship is a problem because it infringes on the First Amendment‚ it can affect a child’s development‚ and it can control the flow of power unnecessarily. Censorship‚ in regards to banning books or covering certain news topics‚ infringes

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    videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it‚ we would be violating freedom of expression‚ alienating many musicians‚ being oblivious to audiences appreciation for explicit music and utterly wiping out good music. Why? I ask‚ should explicit music be censored if it can positively make listeners feel comfortable in relating

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    Pro: Censorship Debate When censorship is not involved‚ things can lead to madness within our communi ty and people. Without being able to censor‚ things such as inappropriate images from books‚ news‚ Internet‚ movies and even television shows can lead to harm to the people who are seeking different images daily‚ things at least have to be put in a limit‚ especially those images that may offend people or more likely influence them onto doing bad things. Bad influence will create people or even

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    free. Freedom of speech is limited to your audiance‚ I can sit here today and say I hate white people. If my audiance also hates white people‚ I now have the freedom to share my hate. Until we realize that our thoughts‚ actions and reactions are being guided‚ we will never learn to think outside the box. Donald Trump is so popular because the reality is‚ if no one cares to say SOME (a lot) of white people hate any race that is not white. This is the only reason that Trump is able to have freedom of

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    Academic freedom in Kenya Freedom is a basic to education in modern democracies. Freedom in education can be categorized in the various aspects such as; Freedom of the child‚ academic freedom and freedom to read. Mc’Garry and Ward‚ (1966) puts it: A free society and a free world imply a free educational system and a freedom within the framework of maximum control. In such a closed society they maintained‚ freedom in education may consist of ability to say or do in consequential things. The legal

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    Censorship fears dissent. When someone challenges a book they are worried by the different‚ and new ideas that a book can cause to be created. When different ideas are formed‚ now opinions form as well‚ and so does dissent. It is the goal of censorship to eliminate this differentiation in thought. It was precisely this censorship that Ray Bradbury was looking at when he wrote Fahrenheit 451. He looked at what would happen if all books were banned‚ instead of just books that people found offensive

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    individual’s free speech‚ under the first amendment. In finalizing the conviction of a man accused with disturbing the peace by handing out provocative flyers to draftees of the war‚ the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that in certain ways‚ words can create a “clear and present danger” in a way that Congress may constitutionally disallow. While the decision has since been overturned‚ Schenck is still a major point in creating context-based balancing tests used in reviewing Freedom of Speech challenges

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