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    and Men”is the book that I could see has had a lot of controversy by high school parents over the last couple of years. The book is banned and challenged in a lot of high schools across America. The reasons for the banning of this book is racism‚ profanities‚ and adult themes. For me‚ it’s a high schooler’s book‚ and it is clear that “of Mice and Men” should not be banned. The first reason for “Of Mice and Men” being banned is racism. The feelings of somebody taking something the wrong way isn’t racism

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    What’s worst it that these new age artists insist on filling theirs songs with theirs inappropriate language. These popular profanities are increasingly promoting bad behaviour in our children‚ therefore should they be played at schools? Should there be certain conditions to these songs? I think so. Music played during school hours should be censored because the profanities that it contains models to use foul language‚ distract students from theirs initial purpose of being at school (to learn of

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    The government does see profanity as a problem but not a significant problem. The United States has an obscenity law that prohibits any regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity. Profanity has been a problem in today’s society as children pick up profanity from movies‚ music‚ and TV shows. Censoring profanity is a way for parents to protect their children from picking up obscene words or viewing obscene images. Many Americans are against the use of profanity in media and in public

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    Different literature is often banned in schools and one of the main causes of this is because of what is considered inappropriate language for the students. Most texts should not be banned or challenged due to profanity and should stay incorporated in the curriculum by teachers for students to learn from due to the learning and lack of negative consequence that they cause. The largest group to request books to be taken out of curriculums is upset parents and many times it does cause the school

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    Banning is the removal of a book from a certain place all together. There are many reasons why people decide to challenge‚ censor‚ and even ban a book. Some may include the following: sexually explicit‚ racism‚ unsuited to any age group‚ violence/ profanity‚ religious reasons‚ political reasons‚ etc. One example of a banned work is novel by David Henry Lawrence: Lady Chatterley’s Lover. This book was written in 1928‚ just before he died. This book was banned was not allowed in legal circulation in Britain

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    of the points. For example‚ I stated‚ “something must be banned if it considered so offensive to the average person…” What are the standards for an “average” person? I still believe that the FCC guideless are appropriate in regards to profanity and nudity‚ sex‚ etc. air on open public radio and television. The key here is open to the public. In addition‚ I think that is what is going to distinguish obscenity to me in the end. As confused as I am now about the true definition of obscenity

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    society surrounding them? Nowadays these forbidden words can even come out of the mouth of a 4 year old and put onto the Internet for others laughter but is this something that we should adore? Videos of children‚ usually under the age of 10‚ using profanity are found hilarious but instead of seeing these videos as humorous we need to start seeing them as a gate way. In the media there is still a lot of monitoring on which person says what and if a certain swear word can be exchanged for another that

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    Teen pregnancy is occurring everywhere. Profanity has greatly increased in the entertainment industry. Dances are becoming more vulgar and are teaching small children bad habits. Out-of-wedlock births now seem to be common and‚ therefore‚ less frowned upon than before. One of the most important challenges to humanity today is obviously our drastic decline in morality. Some may say our morals are even being completely redefined. At this rate‚ will our generation’s children grow up in an even

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    character’s name is Perry‚ a soldier who was drafted into the military in the 1960’s. In 2002‚ Fallen Angels was banned in some middle schools “for offensive language‚ racism‚ violence‚ and being unsuited to age group.” People think the book has too much profanity and drug use. Fallen Angels should not be banned because it tells young people the history of America. It gives examples of what the soldiers went through each and every day. There are numerous examples of offensive language through out “Fallen

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    Is Profanity called for? Is free speech and the dangers of limiting vocabulary only society’s choice of acceptable words? Is profanity even called for? Is it good or bad parenting to teach your children to use profanity at such a young age? Does censoring words hinder a person’s ability to express their opinion regarding something? Amendment One states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of

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