The Consequences Of Project Censored

Paint this picture: You once desired to watch a Youtube video that you have viewed recently once more, and as you searched it up, you remembered that there was offensive information. When you clicked on the video, a message popped up explaining that the video was blocked, and more importantly, why it was blocked. Although the Youtube administrators most likely blocked this information, this can mirror the controversial topic of censorship. Government censorship is the act of the government blocking information from media, such as books, the Internet, and magazines, due to bias, inappropriate, or offensive content. It keeps the information across these sources in balance of appropriateness. Some believe that it can form positive outcomes to society, but others believe not. Despite the violation of freedoms, government censorship can be beneficial because it removes objectionable/offensive information and restricts societal threats.

Worded perfectly by The Scientific American, a magazine analyzing controversial issues in America said, “About two thirds of the states use a combination of barbituric, paralytic and toxic agents for executions, despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness.” The procedure is still subject to FDA approval, the agency has avoided questions ruling on the mixtures efficacy in “delivering a merciful death” (citation). This brings to light a harsh topic: is lethal injection truly cruel and unusual? Human Rights Watch is an international non government aided organization dedicated to protecting and establishing the appearance of human rights around the world. The report the HRW released, “So Long as They Die: Lethal Injection in the United States” (citation) The report highlighted a fact not a lot of people consider, “Prisoners in the United States are executed by means that the American Veterinary Medical Association regards as too cruel to use on cats and dogs.” A lot of the civilians who simply only read about death

Hector Alvarez I disagree with your opinion about District Judge, Henry Wingate making the right decision to postpone the executions of the two death row inmates. Fact is that most inmates will come up with any excuse to not deal with the consequences that they have brought upon themselves. The lawyers argument is built on assumptions that the lethal injection is not potent enough because the compounds were not released to the public. “Chemical torture” as referred by the death row inmates by the lethal injection is nothing compared to gruesome crimes they have committed during their lives with no intentions of rehabilitating during the time they were incarcerated. Should laws be reconsidered or postponed because inmates feel uncomfortable

The history of the world has undoubtedly been dominated by an endless struggle for power. However, after a brief glimpse into the pages of history it should not take long to realize that the trick to maintaining power lies in the control of information. Even the most fearsome military generals of the past acknowledge the power of the mind and ideas over lethal force. Former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin once said “… [Ideas] are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, then why should we let them have ideas.” Stalin’s quote personifies the main concept of this literature review which will be discussing the history of government censorship and its effects that are

Welcome to the United States of America. This is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. A place where our forefathers once gathered and drew up the foundation for which we live our lives. The Constitution of the United States grants us a certain amount of freedoms for which we cannot be punished for. The first amendment to this constitution of the Constitution allows us the freedom of speech, religion, the right to assemble, and to express ourselves in a way in which we feel fit. Under this amendment, people such as musicians and newsmen and able to write and speak what they feel without being told that it is wrong. They cannot be manipulated to change their thoughts or views on a topic, or

The students of this country are expected to follow the rules and regulations that their schools impose, and whether or not they are fair is constantly challenged. In a perfect world, everyone would be content under the same guidelines, regardless of how restrictive they may be. However, this is not a perfect world and finding a universal agreement among everyone is virtually impossible. Throughout history, those who have disagreed with actions made by authoritative figures have found a way to protest said actions. From the Cambodian protests in Kent State to the Tiananmen Square protests, students have been very vocal about what they are against and refuse to be censored by their schools or their government. Attempting to do so, however, could lead to retribution from authorities. Censoring students and their voices affects the students by almost trying to instill fear and demoting contest from them can result in various scenarios, both good and bad.

What would life be like without censorship? Though there might be upsides to it, such as more freedom of speech, it could also cause some problems. Not only would we be exposing children to many horrors of the world, we also would be doing nothing to prevent offensive and oppressive content in the media. Therefore, some censorship is necessary for all people; however, in most cases, we should be allowed access to most information in society.

Children’s innocence must be protected by censorship. The debate on whether censorship is beneficial to society often compiles to a few main reasons. Subjects like freedom of speech, women’s rights, and children’s innocence is brought into question when discussing censorship. It is an important debate because what is censored influences societal beliefs of what is right and wrong. It decides what truths are revealed publicly. Some people think censorship is beneficial because it supposedly protects children, but it is actually useless because it underestimates children’s tolerance, witholds information, oversexualizes women, and sugarcoats the truth.

The essay, ‘“Information Is the Alpha and Omega of Our Work”: Bolshevik Surveillance in Its Pan-European Context’ written by Peter Holoquist, discusses the topic of Surveillance in Russia and how it effected her people. During the time of Stalin – Holoquist believes that surveillance was used to manipulate people, bringing forward ‘the “new man”’ (Suny, 52) In this piece – Holoquist states that there was little trace of the belief in public opinion. Instead, the government did what they believed was best, and all should follow.

In this time of political correctness, all librarians and educators must have a clear and concise understanding of the meaning of both censorship and selection. No one wants to ban or restrict a student from learning through quality literature, but who is to say that a book is of high quality or if it age appropriate for most students. By knowing how each of the process work, passing non bias judgement may be achieved and students will be able to benefit from both censorship and selection.

I chose to write about the setting, circumstances, and background of the Censors. This story is written by Luisa Valenzuela. In this story, she depicts a young man writing to his love. Knowing that the mail would be checked several times, and very thoroughly before it was sent, if it was to be sent at all, he wrote his words very cautiously. The man wanted his letter to be sent very badly, so he signed up to become one of the censors. He moved up ranks until he finally saw his letter. Newly loyal to his job, he turned himself in for what he wrote. His actions against his original wishes lead to his death. This story takes place in Argentina during the mid-20th century. (Valenzuela) The situation of the Argentine citizens in the Censors was

Technology has made sharing information incredibly easy; where scandalous or damning information used to wait for magazines or newspaper publishing deadlines, today this information can be shared around the world nearly instantaneously. In the United States censorship is often interchanged with transparency and the need for those in government to remain open and honest. In recent years, transparency in the United States has plummeted, but the discussion often overlooks the analogy of transparency and censorship with many people failing to see that a lack of transparency equates dangerous censorship (DeMersseman, 39). Governments around the world successfully withhold information from their people through censorship, an issue that was particularly

I don't think that everything should be censored, but there are some things that should be censored. I think that in order to censor some things, but not everything then we need some guidelines to show what should be censored and what shouldn't be censored. With these guidelines it can help understand better what should be censored, so that people can learn from some of the information, and not be restricted it. Yet there are some things that should be censored because of the content it might contain which can have many effects towards many people. If other people might not agree with the content then it's their decision whether they decide to read, watch, listen, etc. to the

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J.S Mill’s main conclusion to Chapter 2 is that Censorship limits humanity’s ability to have critical discussions. The two arguments he poses to defend his claim are that human beings aren’t infallible, we make errors of all kinds, from over taxation to unjust wars, but rather than halt progress in human development, we continue and make adjustments because someone made light of the errors of the past II.5. The second argument is the social influence. Being fallible, humanity makes mistakes, but through making opinions public and actively improving our opinions through debate and discussion, opinions are improved. Human beings are corrigible; we learn from experience and interaction, as opinions are discussed and debated among people of