Evaluation:
Published: 01.05.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Censorship in Society', 1.
  • Essays 'Censorship in Society', 2.
Extract

Censorship is defined as the action of stopping the transmission or publication of anything objectionable. (Merriam Webster New American Dictionary) Censorship in society has gone rampant in everything from music, to movies, even to books and the radio. There is some validity to an extent that some music and entertainment is objectionable for young children, it seems unacceptable to keep information form people who would benefit or at least deserve to know about it, "A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to." (Granville Hicks, American writer (1901-1982))
What person should have the right to limit another persons constitutional right to freedom of speech by deciding what they can and cannot say? …

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