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Here is the story, I have an Essay for English Class on the Topic of Censorship. Its a defensive essay on the topic of Censorship and I am just looking for some opinions to help with me writing the essay.

 

Below is a List of topics from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) they feel should not be censored.

 

If you could go through the List, provide me with your picks for the 5 most Controversial Topics, that would be great. Also If you wish to elaborate on why you selected them, opinions about them, or opinions on the topic of Censorship, I wouldn't complain.

 

I appreciate it!

 

* Federal Communication Commission

* Academic Freedom

* Books

* Classrooms

* Copyright

* Film

* Government Secrecy

* Hate Speech

* Internet

* Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Content

* Libraries

* Music

* Nudity & Pornography

* Political Correctness

* Political Dissent

* Public Spaces

* Radio & Television

* Religion

* Science

* Self Censorship

* Sex Education

* Theater & Performance

* Video Games

* Violence

* Visual Art

* Youth

 

Again I appreciate All opinions!

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Here is what I narrowed it down to. Sorry no specific five...

 

* Federal Communication Commission +5 this is the one i would go with... the FCC is terrible

* Books

* Classrooms

* Copyright

* Film

* Government Secrecy

* Internet (the internet is censored??? no one told 4chan...)

* Libraries

* Music

* Nudity & Pornography (censored??)

* Science

* Self Censorship

* Sex Education

* Video Games

* Youth

 

 

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How do you justify saying the FCC is terrible?

 

Yes the Internet is censored, I mean... The Admins and Moderators for this forum censor certain things out.

 

Pornography is censored... If it weren't, every time you get on Facbook, one of the ads on the side would have something to do with Pornography... Not like they aren't suggestive enough already...

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* Books

I don't think they should be censored unless it's something like "how to build a nuclear bomb." Granted I don't think a book like "How To Please Your Woman With Only Your Toes" or something like that should be in the kids section of a store. But books are a literary freedom. I don't think they should really be censored because of that. There are a few exceptions like I said. And it's a push but I don't think sexually suggestive items should be allowed to really be mass produced. Granted the internet will make it readily available. But there are erotic novels/stories or whatever it may be with rape scenarios or sexually explicit scenarios involving children. That's just fueling the urges of rapists and pedophiles. But they somehow get published by certain sleazy companies.

 

* Classrooms

Depends on what you mean. I don't fully understand it. Classrooms as in student appearance? Or language use? It's kind of vague. I'll just approach it from all angles. Having studied psychology through mostly all of high school and reading alot about it in my own time, I feel that the appearance of a student shouldn't be censored. Mostly because I think when you raise a child in a stifling environment to make them conform it's just not allowing them to mature psychologically. Granted I was into some weird @!*% in school, I had my share of influence from counterculture but I was being myself and was working on discovering who I was. A very crucial thing when you're approaching adult hood. I understand the importance of "classroom disruption" and "you're there to learn not look good." But the whole fact is that if I'm wearing a t-shirt you can't really say that's bringing someone's grade down. The loophole to this of course is if it's vulgar, offensive, or has some kind of hate filled message. As for language, I'd say yes. Mostly because of the fact school is a professional and formal setting. It's one thing to express yourself but in terms of language use, F-this and F-that don't really fly. So it should be censored. But an occasional "damn" or "hell" isn't too bad.

* Film

Same as literature. propaganda films are a touch and go subject. So it's kind of borderline same with books. Censor some, but not all.

* Government Secrecy

Nothing from our government should be censored. Honestly they should be truthful and make the "we the people" part actually include the people. I'm a firm believer that the mass public has been cut entirely from the running of this country. We've brought it on ourselves but that's another thread for another day. But to censor stuff our own government does is absurd. But if the government didn't censor it, we'd be disgusted at some of the things they do.

* Hate Speech

I want to say censor it. But at the same time, they are entitled to think and feel that way (no matter how moronic or stupid it may be). So it's another touch and go issue. Hate Speech generally isn't in the mass media except the news. You won't ever see a commercial on MTV for the KKK or anything. But at the same time it's not really broadcasted in the main stream as much.

* Internet

Yes. Mostly because of like what was said earlier. I don't want my kid getting on Facebook and being able to click a button on there and end up at meatspin or something. Or being able to mistake whitehouse.com with whitehouse.gov. Granted most porn sites aren't censored at the opening pages, but usually you gotta go into the site more to see anything too traumatizing. I think they just passed a law or something where you had to censor penetration in the free tours or something. I can't remember where I saw it.

* Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Content

definitely not. We don't censor heterosexual content. So there's no reason to censor homosexual or transgender content. Putting it out there in the mainstream may help some people discover themselves and get it out there that there is more than just straight people. That and a lot of people who feel they are homosexual and can't come out try and sometimes succeed at committing suicide because of the fact this country is so dead set on how heterosexuality is the only thing. And homosexuality makes you "wrong" and "dirty." But I'm a big believer in gay rights so my view may be slightly tainted.

* Libraries

Same as I said earlier with the books. Granted it all depends on the library and keeping things properly separated (public). Don't want Elementary kids reading The Shining. But up to the point of I'd say high school there shouldn't be much censorship to it.

* Music

I'd like to say no. But the fact that morons are easily influenced makes this a very hard call. I've grown up listening to some of the most ruthless and "bad" music out there. Everything from Alice Cooper, to Marilyn Manson, to Insane Clown Posse. I listen to music I like. Some people take things a bit TOO seriously. But those people are often a bit too out of whack to begin with. So it's a tough call. But I'd say no. The artists are making music and expressing their creativity.

* Nudity & Pornography

Another iffy subject. But like I said earlier, rape scenario, pictures of women who "look" or are photoshopped to appear under the age of 18. Definitely don't allow that. That's just fuel for the perverse. But for the most part I think so long as it's regulated and separated away from where children go on the internet. It should be fine.

 

 

 

 

That's all I got for right now. I'll tackle the rest later. Hopefully I can be a help. Anyone who wants to argue about my opinions, it's whatever. I'm not going to spend forever explaining myself, if our opinions differ just remember that free will is allowed to sway whichever way. I don't expect everyone to agree with me, don't expect everyone to agree with you.

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My opinion is thus:

 

Censor NOTHING... censorship promotes backdoor policies and illicit operations.

 

instead, regulate it. Obviously do what you can to keep adult things out of kids hands, but the parents need to accept responsibility here...

 

Sure, go ahead, publish that book on how to build a nuclear bomb. 99.999999% of people don't have access to the materials to do so anyway. Those that do, don't need the book!

 

100 ways to please your wife with just your tounge? Sure, why not! Might not appeal to people, but hey, dont' like it, then *GASP* DON'T F***ING READ IT DUMBASS!

 

Best yet, follow a simple rule - if it infringes on the rights of others, then something is wrong.

Take the Westborough Baptist Dickheads, er, I mean Church. They need censored. Why? They infringe (consistently) on the rights of others, especially with their funeral protests. Censorship would be kind IMHO... they need to be castrated with a rusty spork while forced to watch modern childrens cartoons as fire ants march up their anus and bite them from the inside out... bunch of bastards they are.

 

Now, obviously some common sense:

 

If it's ILLEGAL, it probably needs controlled (thus, no rape/murder/drug production How To's)

If it's IMMORAL, it probably needs a warning label and some form of ID for acquisition.

If it's KINKY, then the seller should pay attention to who the buyer is.

If it's PRONOGRAPHIC, it needs an initial warning page + DOB check. Here, parental guidance is a must (if 12 year old Tommy wants to see titties, he's going to find titties somehow)

 

Basically, some common sense would be nice... but full censorship is just too much. Do we WANT to end up like China?

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The only thing I think should be censored is that which would cause damage to our ability to keep our citizens safe. Unfortunately, the media feels that EVERYTHING should be out there for all to see and don't give a crap about National Security. If there was a way to ensure that information was only accessable by US citizens, I'm all for freedom of informaiton but, as anyone in the industry can tell you, the main source of intelligence information that is gathered and used by other countries is our own media. Funny how pissed the news media got back when they were played and used to provide misinformation to the Iraq forces back when Kuwait was liberated.

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Yes the Internet is censored, I mean... The Admins and Moderators for this forum censor certain things out.

*deletes this thread* P...

 

As a mod/admin, the things that always seem to catch fire on forums is politics, war & religion.

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I agree nothing should be censored.

 

Regulation is the key to controlling who is influenced by certain things.

 

I would pick censorship of classrooms. They are referring to materials that can be taught in classrooms, such as having Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn on a required reading list. In some school districts this book is off limits because it has the word "Nigger" in it - even though it is a period piece and without that word the book would not be the same.

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Agreed, censorship should remain out of use in the US. People have the right to access what they wish, and censorship is another form of control and a way to bias people by only allowing them what a certain body of people feel is necessary. We can't keep making up for lack of common sense through policies and regulations. If you're too stupid or feel offended by a piece of material - DON'T READ IT!

 

I've read Huckleberry Finn and it's a great book and I do not understand why people get so bent out of shape about it, it's a classic novel worth reading.

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Sure, go ahead, publish that book on how to build a nuclear bomb. 99.999999% of people don't have access to the materials to do so anyway. Those that do, don't need the book!

 

100 ways to please your wife with just your tounge? Sure, why not! Might not appeal to people, but hey, dont' like it, then *GASP* DON'T F***ING READ IT DUMBASS!

 

Best yet, follow a simple rule - if it infringes on the rights of others, then something is wrong.

Take the Westborough Baptist Dickheads, er, I mean Church. They need censored. Why? They infringe (consistently) on the rights of others, especially with their funeral protests. Censorship would be kind IMHO... they need to be castrated with a rusty spork while forced to watch modern childrens cartoons as fire ants march up their anus and bite them from the inside out... bunch of bastards they are.

 

The problem is the .00000000001% who do have the knowledge or what it may be to build it can kind of do quite alot of damage. Especially since there's still a lot of terrorists in the US who are "sleeper cells" or whatever. Bad enough we trained them to fly our own planes into our buildings (or not if you're a moron who believes loose change).

 

and my main thing was don't have that kind of sexual oriented book where children can get to it in the store.

 

and just a note but West Borough Baptist Church is a bunch of idiots and hypocrites. A shame their children have to be raised to be hate mongers.

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censorship (follow link at own risk but these images are what I liked...some are really good http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=fskc%20censorship&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) EDIT:ok well it seems that the "censorship" of the forum changes the google image search...so fix it and search again after following hte link...

 

this one sums it up and I think it's still clean enough for here...

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We live in the age of the instant gratification generation. Where, at the click of a button, anybody can watch a dude get run over by a tank, or a girl Sh&6@$%^ into another girl's mouth. These two specific examples have been available to the public since before the internet, you just had to pay alot of money, or travel to Germany. So now it's free, and everyone's mother thinks its there god-given right to say someone else's children can't watch it.

 

We live in an age where people should be intelligent enough to know that they don't want access to everything. But they should be able to access it if they so choose.

 

Oh... I saw that second thing I mentioned and it was gross. but then i found out that it was ice-cream....hunh.

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oh... I saw that second thing I mentioned and it was gross. but then i found out that it was ice-cream....hunh.

Whaaat? That doesn't even make sense. How did they get it in there?

 

It's a trailer for a scat porn though. I know Wiki can be edited but everything i've found has pretty much said the same as Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2g1c

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First, A couple of edicts:

Censorship is a tool; BUT, no tool should be used all the time or for everything.

And, the seemingly contradictory rule of thumb; (to paraphrase Ben F.) No one *should* be censored.

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The implementation of censorship can be analagous to a pearl from PT Barnum; You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you *can't *fool *all the people *all of the time.

If we think on this for a moment.. and logically apply censorship in place of "fool" (although fooling is in essence, a form of censoring), then it becomes clear that eventually, whomever is being censored, will be uncovered by someone else when they become relevant.

Censorship is used by *everyone* at some point or another, when its use facilitates a desired achievement. Often, the truth comes out, albeit after the achievement is already secured (better to beg forgiveness than ask permission).

The real question, is can we agree on a uniform standard for determining the circumstances that justify its use? By the mere act of continually comparing each other's lists, we limit censorship. Again, people, not objects, are at the heart of censorship; people with emerging ideas will find a way; life always finds a way (Oh, the irony of quoting Jurassic Park on this subject).

 

There is half your essay, but try not to plagiarize it too much.

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I agree nothing should be censored.

 

Regulation is the key to controlling who is influenced by certain things.

 

I would pick censorship of classrooms. They are referring to materials that can be taught in classrooms, such as having Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn on a required reading list. In some school districts this book is off limits because it has the word "Nigger" in it - even though it is a period piece and without that word the book would not be the same.

Agreed...Theres strange things going on theses days in class rooms...Also the whole using the word god in the natinal antem...my veiw is it was written that way so it stays that way...the one school I went to stopped doing it because they had some sort of Witness in the school...the other school i went to that was 20 times biggure kept it,and kept it orignal...

 

Nothing should be censored but there should be a law or two in place...like you cant sell Husler to a 12 year old and so on...

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...like you cant sell Husler to a 12 year old...

That is a perfect example of regulation WITHOUT censorship! You see, there is no law prohibiting the 12 year old from being in posession of a copy of Hustler (as opposed to illicit drugs or alcoholic beverages), BUT there is a law that prohibits the *SALE* of the mag to the juvenile.

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