Policy of Internet Censorship

" (The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) Note: no law against freedom of speech or press. There should not be any other words spoken in order to realize that whatever U.S. Congress tries to do, in a way of censoring, is simply against the law. People say that since we don"t live in the United States of America the action of the U.S. Congress don"t concern us. But it"s wrong. The Canadian Constitution has an absolutely the same "rule": "Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; freedom of peaceful assembly; and freedom of association." (Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, 1:2) Almost every country in the world today has a similar declaration of rights. This and the fact that U.S. Congress tries to perform censoring actions worsens the entire situation. Not only the U.S. Congress breaks the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and limits the rights of its own nation, unwillingly (or maybe willingly), it breaks others" laws (Canadian Constitution Act per se) and limits other nations" rights and freedoms. These actions are totally wrong; therefore, any attempts to censor the Internet should be stopped in the beginning.

             Of course, the fact that the censorship on the Internet is unconstitutional is not sufficient proof for some people. They are too frustrated with the explicit material that"s on the 'Net. Well, here"s something else: it is virtually impossible to censor the Internet. Why? First of all, because the Internet is global. Tens of millions people who are on-line today come from different cultures. Naturally, these cultures have different norms and mores. James Henslin (co-author of Essentials of Sociology) states: "Many Canadians perceive bullfighting as a cruel activity that should be abolished everywhere in the world.

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