Ironically, the people who censor materials to protect the common people do not have the common persons best interest in mind. It is the people in power who censor to protect and impose the views of a small percentage of society on the masses. Censorship will never reduce oppression and domination, but add to the problem, as people are left inane and ignorant. Censorship will never give people comfort and security for it is often hypocritical and in many times creates conflicts of interest. Violent and sexually explicit material are tolerated in our mainstream society to a certain degree. Images of rape and torture are tolerated within this section of our society within certain circumstance. The rape of the Sabine Women, the Martyrdom of St. Agathe and the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ are pictures which many artists throughout history have depicted and are co

The problem that today's society has is that we don't take control. What is wrong with the music some people listen to or the movies they watch or even the pictures people look at. Is it that big of a deal? What is going to happen in the future when there is nobody to stop it or even control it.

nsistently shown within art museums. While these are being represented in many places, a work of art, which challenges our modern culture, will face resistance and censorship due to homophobic, sexist and racist reactions. You can go many places and it is easy to find degrading images of women in porn magazines to mainstream advertising. Why government bureaucrats get to see material that they forbid the rest of us to see is outrageous. Not only do they not have to pay for the material in question; we actually pay them to see it.

To be effective, censors have found devious ways to restrict access to publications, which are deemed offensive and dangerous, and have sadly succeeded. Because of this, many authors' books have been wrongly banned often because of sexual and political reference. Amazing minds such as Noam Chomsky and D.H. Lawrence have had their books banned periods of time when the public should be engrossed in this knowledge. In the Canadian Charter of Ri

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