Censorship is wrong. It the control of information, and the flow of information. Soon, if censorship progresses, the United States will turn into God knows what. We can only chew a certain type of gum, wear a certain type of clothing, and read a certain type of book. This is not what our country was founded on! This just makes me angry. Any cenors out there? If so, you need to re-consider you veiws!
YouthNoise censors good, genuine posts...what's with that?!? YN are hypocrites
Subcaptain: As we have notified you on multiple occasions, on your at least two other YN accounts, repeated posting of the same content is considered "spam," which is not permitted under the Rules of Play.
Additionally, I think I should note that post deletion is the least we can do under the Rules of Play...repeated violations DOES give the organization the right to ban you from the site.
It seems you do have a great desire to help others and to share your message, which is what YN is all about...we just ask that you please mind the rules and keep your content to a single post in the future. Maybe even respond to others' threads as well?
Censorship in music (as well as anything else) is unconstitutional! Artists choose to express themselves through writing music; they should be able to write/sing about their religion (or lack of), hatred (or love) for any group of people, and anything else, whether it is vulgar and offensive or not. The constitution was based on the fact that citizens could make decisions for themselves. Why should music on the radio or CDs be censored when a person can simply change the station or NOT BUY THE CD if they don't approve. It doesn't make sense that everybody must listen to censored music because SOME find it offensive or inapropriate.
i think that censorship is wrong. yes if you don't like what you're hearing or seeing, you don't have to watch it! and parents should have more control over what their young children are exposed to. people have the freedom of speech, it's the parents responsibility to choose what they hear or see.
Censorship is just another attack at our freedom and God given rights. When someone is shot dead, do we balme the shooter or the Gun? Of course its the shooter, never the gun. In this analogy, the gun represents the adult subject matter and the shooter the tv/radio/ whatever. We shouldnt put blame on the execs who make the programming, but the people who allow thier kids to watch the bad stuff. More inportantly, it is our freedom that allows for all the bad stuff [although our news sources are preety damn sterile!] It is up to the viewer to choose.
Honestly everyone knows that censorship is wrong but the truth is people take it a little to far. People should be able to express their opinions, make their own choices, and openly voice their opinion but there has got to be some kind of restraint. Think about it. For example, we have laws in the United States that restrain and restict people (like the seat belt law). But these laws do still allow us to have some margin of freedom. We have laws for our safety. It should be the same thing for censorship. Some things need to be censored. Like what Janet Jackson did at the Super Bowl but other things like what Kayne West said about the president after Hurricance Katrina does not need to be censored. The difference is that some things our just downright inappropriate and other things are people expressing their opinions. I think we all know the limit for what should and should not be censored. Why should a five year old girl be enabled to turn on the television and be able to see porno and swearing like sailors? Trash like that needs to be censored. But if Kayne West believes that the President does not support black people he should be able to say that? There is a difference. I think the people should be able to set their own limits and right now we are pushing it.
Of course, its entirely unfair. It crushes the basic liberties to voice ones opinion. Though, in Western nations, one is not existentially free (conformity, your life philosophy must be the same as others, religion(though much less)) we still need freedom. A philosopher or economist who wants to denounce what he calls unfair and is censored clearly doesnt live in a just country. Its time to accept democracy. Each opinion is important.
Well, I'm obviously against censorship. However, I find parental censorship in regards to small children is perfectly acceptable. If you want to block certain channels, and withold certain music to an impressionable child, good for you.
It's when the protection because oppression by the parent that censorship outstays its welcome.
I don't believe the government should censor things. To say that we as humans are incapable of censoring material we don't want to see insults our intelligence and complexity.
Sometimes censorship is required. It shouldn't be for certain matters of course. For example, censoring anyone with different ideas is wrong. But certain events in the world on a large scale may need to be kept under wraps, at least until the public can be told safely, for the greater good and safety of the population. For example, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese AMericans on the West Coast were imprisoned in camps. Roosevelt didn't do this because he thought all Japanese people were dangerous. In fact, an organized crime/militarist group that had practices and beliefs strikingly similar to the Nazi occult, called the Black Dragons, had infiltrated the American public. They knew of documented Black Dragon spies but they couldn't allow such a threat to national security go unchecked. They couldnt be sure how many were in the US. They also didnt alert the public for obvious reasons - it would've set off a panic and an even worse intolerance to Japanese AMericans. Even today, few people know about this.
"No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" - Albert Einstein
I feel if you have something reasonable to say whether it be laiden with obsenities or not, if it's reasonable and thought provoking then say it. You have a mouth to speak, so speak.
in comparison to many other nations we have remarkable levels of free speech
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
Yeah I totally agree censorship is wrong in any light, America brags how they have everything anf freedom, freespeach, etc. Then they need to prove it by not censoring a damn thing we say. In suddle ways they've already started though, putting 5-10 second delays on all programs, having to get things approve before you can speak your mind, it's total bullshit
