Billboards are a necessity for small companies that want to advertise their products to the people at a low price. Billbo

Trying to do the right thing can even be hard when it comes to billboards. The government is trying censor billboards even when the statement is for a good cause. A billboard that was intended to send out a message to women in order to recognize that breast cancer is becoming very common in the United States, was removed because of some of the choice words it used to get the people's attention. The billboard read, "Obsessed with breasts (Beahm 87)," and it gave the address to a breast cancer clinic. This particular sign did attract a lot of attention, but it did not attract the kind of attention that was initially planned. People were complaining about a billboard that simply wanted to help women recognize breast cancer. The makers of this billboard, who are not stated in the article, were brought to court and was ordered to be removed. The people who put this sign up probably knew that it would bring about that kind of attention, but any billboard that is good towards a person's health should not be forced to be removed.

Organizations today are having a hard time promoting themselves because of the great deal of censorship that is placed on their billboards. The NRA is a group that is against taking away the right for a homeowner to own a firearm. They promote the use of guns in the correct way, and provide training classes to show new members how to go about the proper gun use guidelines (Bahrampour 76). When the NRA wanted to put up a billboard that depicted a picture of a gun on it, parents and city officials of Columbus, Ohio were outraged and appalled by this act. They said that a billboard with a gun on it is too provocative and too shocking for anyone to view. The NRA simply wanted to promote their organization and convince other people that the ownership of a firearm is okay, but these outraged officials immediately took action and brought the billboard and the NRA of Columbus, Ohio to trial. The angered NRA accused the city of Columbus of violating the first amendment. Neither the NRA or the city of Columbus were found guilty or fined, but new billboard guidelines were compromised in court. The new rules were that billboards being put up in the city of Columbus had to first pass through a city council representative, and had to be placed two thousand yards away from public places. The NRA never got to put up its original billboard, but a new censored version of the billboard was made, and it was placed just outside the city limits along the interstate.

The Save Our Billboards Organization is a group that was formed to stop the forced removal of billboards all over the Unites States. The SOB has so far prevented an estimated twenty-six billboards from being removed, and has lost only five cases since 1995. This group is a major asset in the fight to keep billboards in the everyday lives of Americans. They give several talks around the country to corporations that want to consider putting up billboards. The SOB makes sure that these corporations know the appropriate guidelines and understand their rights when putting up billboards. They explain to them how billboards will help profit their company, and the consequences of breaking the billboard guidelines, which can vary from state to state. The fines can range anywhere from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand dollars for the first offense, and twenty-five thousand dollars and up for the second offense. If any other offense is committed, there is a twenty-five thousand dollar fine and up, plus ten to fifteen years jail time. Many wealthy business owners who are promoting the use of billboards back the SOB. Without SOB many of these business owners would not be where they are today, so they are putting their time and money into aiding the SOB for their continual success with future generations.

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