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    arrive upon a solution. Step 1: Diagnosis – What is the problem? The overall ethical dilemma stated earlier can be broken down into two main ethical issues. Firstly‚ one problem lies in the fact that the proposed ad appears to promote sexual lewdness to teenagers. For example‚ the depiction of scantily clad teenage boys and girls eyeing each other on a beach is clear evidence of that implicit promotion. This portrayal appears to indicate that this is a case of “manipulative advertising” as it

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    information. “The First Amendment to the Constitution says‚””Congress shall make no law...abridging [limiting] the freedom of speech...”” (Online Speech Mini-Q 179). Freedom of speech has limits; examples are clear and present danger‚ fighting words‚ obscenity‚ conflict with other important interest‚ and the time‚ place‚ and manner which are not protected by the First Amendment. In 1925‚ the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment applied to multiple levels of government‚ which included public schools

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    for film‚ literature or art that depicts two mutually consenting adults in sexual acts. This is known as erotica. Material considered to be offensive as a generally accepted standard by the current society is classified as obscenity. Falling under the category of obscenity is both child pornography and rape. I’d like to discuss; 1. Sexism and stereotypes in pornography 2. Pornography‚ aggressiveness‚ and offense. 3. Measures and actions to stop the degradation of women Sexism and Stereotypes

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    2011. Piotrowski‚ by Tom. "Media messages...more than meets the eye?" The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (2003). RIMER‚ SARA. "New Yorimesk T." 17 october 1990. New York Times Archives. 22 April 2011 <http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/17/us/obscenity-or-art-trial-on-rap-lyrics-opens.html>.

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    the press…” (Mount‚ 2007). However‚ this does not protect speech that harms the wellbeing‚ security‚ or welfare of people in society (Leonard‚ 2008). Therefore‚ should certain regulations be lawful to stop communication that encourages violence‚ obscenity‚ defamation‚ or possibly harmful outcomes still be protected under the First Amendment? This question has been posed in the many different forms of communication throughout the history of the US. With the relatively recent rise and evolution of

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    lead to their condemnation‚ and constructed the tale of the Compsons to illustrate how humanity will confront their demise. Caddy manifests stability so that the family may depend on her to keep its frail bonds from crumbling‚ despite her imminent lewdness depicted through water‚ and reminded to Quentin through honeysuckles. Quentin appears commonplace on the surface‚ however his inner soul rages with emulation‚ portrayed through the use of clocks and fixations of time. Shadows are used to forebode

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    Claudius is an unnatural‚ murderous “serpent”.(sc. 5 ln. 43) As a “fat weed‚” his parasitic nature is apparent and matches Hamlet’s assessment of the situation as an “unweeded garden.” (sc. 5 ln. 39) (sc. 2 ln. 139) Later‚ the ghost goes on to describe “lewdness” courting “virtue” in Claudius’ despicable new relationship.(sc. 5 ln. 60-1) To Hamlet and the ghost‚ the new union is an embodiment of evil though it holds an honorable‚ royal position. The royal bed is now a couch for luxury and incest. (sc 5

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    for some time. According to Jay‚ (2000)‚ cursing is an essential element of language in linguistics and psycholinguistics that refers to multiple uses of offensive speech. The term cursing is subjected to many ambiguous words such as swearing‚ obscenity‚ name calling‚ insulting‚ ethnic-racial slurs‚ vulgarity and slang‚ (Jay‚ 2000). These terms will be used interchangeably throughout the paper. Thanks to research conducted by Timothy Jay in 1992‚ it was quite simple to distinguish between the

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    Does the First Amendment mean anyone can say anything at any time? No. The Supreme Court has rejected an interpretation of speech without limits. Because the First Amendment has such strong language‚ we begin with the presumption that speech is protected. Over the years‚ the courts have decided that a few other public interests — for example‚ national security‚ justice or personal safety — override freedom of speech. There are no simple rules for determining when speech should be limited‚ but there

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    Lenny Bruce. George Carlin was an extremely influential comedian that got arrested for doing one of his most famous skits‚ “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”. After doing the skit at Milwaukee’s Summerfest‚ he was arrested for breaking obscenity laws.

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