All ideas, bad and good, should be subject to public scrutiny. No idea is so dangerous that it must be suppressed. Therefore, speech must never be banned because of its persuasive or emotive impact. I believe the more controversial, the better, because it has more of an impact on those that see or hear it. Speech must never be restricted because some consider it offensive, obscene, pornographic, and politically incorrect; or also known as "hate speech." Speech must never be discarded because some believe it might have a bad effect on those deemed dangerous or vulnerable -- including children. Mere possession of speech must never be criminalized. In the writer's opinion, speech is speech. How can anybody tell you that you can not say what you want when you want to? That goes against our vague first amendment and no one has the right to decide constitutionally what is right for other people.
Censorship, by definition, is the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive". It occurs when certain people succeed in imposing their personal or moral values on others. This controversial topic of censorship is not only with
Most people believe that there is no way to partially censor the Internet, and are deeply disturbed by attempting to do so. Whether it is ethical or not to censor the Internet, it should be considered. There are certain ways for parents to block there children from seeing things on the Internet but the suppression of materials are not guaranteed. Most children teach their parents how to use the Internet, therefore probably know how to get around or even change the blocks on there computer. As far as the Internet is concerned, of the dozens of bills, laws, testimonies passed or debated, the biggest was the Communications Decent Act. This Act bans the communication of "obscene or indecent" material via the Internet to anyone less than 18 years of age. After much debate about a year and a half later the Act was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
speech but also the Internet. Who's to say who are the censor and the censored? Those who endorse censorship say that it is to protect minors from access to harmful and objectionable material and also to protect the privacy of others. For example, during the horrible Worl
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