Censorship Should be Censored
In 443 BC the comitia centura of the ancient Roman State began the fight over censorship, or withholding lawful information from the public to "protect" the public from violence, pornography, etc... This committee felt there was a need for the office of censor who decided what were "correct" manners and morals. This Roman Empire was the beginning of the war over censorship. Still we feel the need to tighten censorship from the public for various reasons. One argument is that the criminal population can get a hold of security information. George Dunsmore Says "The implications of what... organised crime [has] learned form the FOIA [is] frightening; what hostile nations can learn poses a much greater danger." However, the modern state "insists that by thus quarantining the general public against books not too rugged for grown men and women in order to shield juvenile innocence, it is exercising its power to promote the general welfare. Surely this is to burn the house to roast the pig... The incidence of this enactment is to reduce the adult population of Michigan to reading only what is fit for children." Censorship continues to irk our great nation from back in 443 BC to present day and it
To conclude, many people have different opinions, however, it is clear that for economic, legal, and social reason that we don't need censorship. There are many other solutions to the problems with obscene materials such as more monitoring and deciding just how much of an impact these things have on people, children or adults. With all the money our country spends and all the laws made each year maybe some of the money or law should be finding a solution more in touch with reality and making it a law. Censorship is not a solution to our problem with obscenities. In return censorship is a touchy or "obscene" subject on its own. Why then don't we just censor censorship? Our society also has a thing called "equality." Assuming we are all equal, who gets to say what needs to be censored? Allowing one to decide what should be censored and not allowing the other to decide will cause problems. People will argue the "says who" argument. One will say this is a necessary censorship and the other says, "says who." Society wants to know who says they can't watch films or read books as they choose. This creates social chaos and fighting among civilians. Our society works on the basis of equality, if someone feels as though they are unequal to another our society would take a drastic turn for the worst. Eliminating the idea of c
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