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    Censorship can be beneficial in some aspects but if used improperly it can also be harmful. Censorship is the control of what people may say or hear, write or read, or see or do. Censorship can affect all forms of art, music, speech, and expression. It can be seen as a means of suppressing free speech, especially in the case of musical lyrics and the impact music has on behaviors. According to Richard Taruskin, “It is all but irresistible kinesthetic response that music evokes that makes it such

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    Sometimes censorship might have a positive effect on society. For example, parents consider censorship to be important in order to protect minors and some group of audiences from indecent broadcast or obscenity. Contents like this are deemed to be harmful or offensive to public good and are usually highly regulated by the government. Most parents agree that it is imperative to censor obscene entertainment in order to safeguard children from accessing harmful materials and this is one of the positive

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    called censorship. Censorship is defined as the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. In reference to the category of music censorship, it is a retraction from artist’ work and restricts freedom of speech. Censorship is equivalent to blotting out a portion of a painting or ripping out parts of a movie. Some take censorship to a whole other level. Many people argue that censorship within

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    The topic of censorship in modern day movies, media, and video games is a long debate about what should be censored and what should not. Making people confused on what they can complain about, leading to court cases like lawsuits. The things that people complain about are nudity, weapons, and gore but people that make the film are defending themselves that it violates the first amendment which is free of speech. Making the debate a huge mess. The people that go against censorship think it too much

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    Censorship is a broad topic that can lead to chaos and misunderstanding if not clearly conveyed for what it is. For example, rock music, the first major threat to traditional thinking caused a divide between generations because of how different and explicit it became in the mid-1900s. It’s no surprise there were people ready to combat rock music. However, what is surprising is the fact that so much happened with so little change in the music around us. Censorship if anything only helped intensify

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    In Canada, as in other democratic societies, people enjoy freedom of expression and many are against the practice of censorship. Despite the fact that there is often quite a lot of controversy when a book is banned or challenged for various reasons, one thing is clear that censorship is necessary, even if we don’t like it. As a matter of fact, controversy around censorship more often arises in a grey area, where arguments can be made and are made either to support or refute banning a certain book

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    many ways. However, there are restrictions in today’s music, otherwise known as, censorships. There is a large crisis occurring regarding these censorships. This argument consists of two possible stances: one, supporting the continuation of the censorship of music, and two, eliminating the status quo of censorships in the music industry. There have been countless debates and arguments regarding the issues of censorship since 1927 when the U.S. Congress passed the Radio Act (The History). The time has

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    Censorship, is the suppression or prohibit of any books that deal with difficult topics. In 2015 there was 320 books banned in America. Some of them were the classics but, because of the topics that were in them, they got banned. One problem about Censorship is Censorship in schools, and libraries. Those are both public places and people should be allowed any book they want. There is no reason for Censorship because: Responsibility of the reader, Reading older context of books doesn’t make it wrong

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    “There is a fine line between censorship, good taste and moral responsibility” (Censorship Quotes, brainyquote). Internet restrictions block illegal activity by many youths and adults. Children are being exposed to pornography and sex trafficking, which exposing them to this kind of content at such a young age will potentially hurt them. Although internet restrictions are costly to maintain and monitor, restrains are to be enforced in everyday lives for young adults because of sex trafficking, illegal

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    Is Censorship Justified? Ever wondered the reason behind racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, children committing crime or violence? The main reason is that censorship is not properly imposed or there is a need of censorship in the society. Censorship is the suppression of ideas and information that certain people, individual, groups or government officials find it objectionable, offensive or dangerous on others. There are varieties of other definitions but all have in common the concept

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