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I think its a parent/gaurdian's responsibility to prevent a child from what they belive is wrong. I think parents blame to many problems on the media instead of taking responsibility for their own mistakes. People are faced with vulgarity and nudity in more than just music and music videos, so we need to stop blaming others and supervise the children more if you disagree with it because pointing fingers gets you know where.

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Yes because it is sooo easy to protect a child from something that's all around them. It you're going to take on this standpoint, you have to also consider how hard it is to be a parent.

I myself have never parented, but I can imagine it as one of the hardest things ever. Its not like a parent can just have a tv around and say, "No. This is off limits." Children are curious and they want to know things. This includes whatever is on t.v. They'll find a way around and they'll discover things. They will.

I myself am against censorship because I don't believe it works. Its not like you can bleep out a few words and expect to solve everything, but I honestly don't believe that censorship = the immediate doom of communism.

The mere fact that we have no say in most of the things that we watch or hear is outrageous. I think that we should be able to control what we listen to and watch. Though there are some positive things about censorship towards youngers kids. Little children should not be hearing cuss words or see nudity but that is in the parents hands to control. Teenagers on the other hand hear and see worse walking down the school hallways than they do on t.v. or radio.

I believe censorship is wrong because it violates ones right to free speech. I think its a parent/gaurdian's responsibility to prevent a child from what they belive is wrong. I think parents blame to many problems on the media instead of taking responsibility for their own mistakes. People are faced with vulgarity and nudity in more than just music and music videos, so we need to stop blaming others and supervise the children more if you disagree with it because pointing fingers gets you know where.

Here is what I think...Ready? I think that as teenagers of the world, we should start trying to set higher standards than the usual "Obnoxious Teenagers". ALL of the people my age (except one) I know, use slang terms/harsh language and speak to adults as if they are from a different planet, this is why Teens (like all of us) have a bad reputation! So, I think that we SHOULD be allowed to use the words we want, but we should ALSO be considerate of others too. Because, I would love to get tattoos and dye my hair Red and Black, and say what I want WHEN I WANT! But, I'm not going to, because I know it stinks our society is this way, but to be able (when we get a little older) to get a nice job with good pay, we need to keep our language and our looks neat. (Well, I'm not sayin' you can't get a tattoo in a place nobody will notice, if you know what I mean.) I get really tired of being treated like a little "Obnoxious Teenager"! So, All I am trying to say, is if your a big rockstar, and you have made your money off of your language and looks, I have no problem with you! But, on the other hand, when you are walking down the street saying obnoxious things to people you don't know, or doing rude gestures, that gives the rest of us teens a bad reputation, and I personally want to be succesfull in my life. And I always want to be known as reliable, an adult personality AND yet fun. So, If you choose to listen to a crazy "Parental advisory" band, that is great! As long as you don't rub it in other people's (especially adults) faces, because I AM NOT another "Obnoxious teenager".

Censorship is a thing that is destroying todays todlers, kids, preteens, teenagers and adults. There is nothing at all wrong with a ****ing song that has the word **** in it :P Just had to say that.

There is nothing wrong with songs with nudity (4 the music video) and cuss words (4 both) in it. Nothing. If you wish to view it, it is not at parentaly discretion, it should be at your descrition if you want to view it or not.

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I don't mind censorship.....but I find it funny that they can play Saving Private Ryan on the TV without censoring anything but with any other movie....they would get sued or something....and with the Radio, they allow *** and ***** and ****** to be said...but in a song you can't say **** or ****

Censorship is existant mainly in American. watch foreign films like Y Tu Mamá Tambien and Swimming Pool and see how "censored" they are...

I think the word she was looking for is "discrimination."

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She found out that if you have a trampoline or a pool this place won't insure you. Also there was like 10 certain types of dogs that if you owned they wouldn't insure you. THAT is censorship!

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1. The act, process, or practice of censoring.

THAT is censorship!

So really, how in the **** do insurance company policies relate to censorship in any way?

My mom went to get house insurance the other day. She found out that if you have a trampoline or a pool this place won't insure you.Also there was like 10 certain types of dogs that if you owned they wouldn't insure you. THAT is censorship! They have already started to control us. Personally I say **** them **** them all. I mean it's only the parents responsibilty to what their kids are or aren't subjected to. It shouldn't be anyone else's. I can't believe that parents want to "protect" their kids from this stuff anyway. If they don't know that stuff already they will.
It's inevitable in today's society.

ok i don't totally hate censorship, i accept the main principle behind it to warn parents about the content. I just don't want it to the extremes or how now certain movies are rated R for their contoversial subjects. That is just plain stupid!


laters~~~~§love is never destroyed§

"In the land of the free, the censorship business is booming."

I don't support censorship, but I do think people should take responsibility, meaning if you have a child who you think you are protecting by keeping him or her from hearing or seeing things you don't approve of, then you should keep them from hearing or seeing things like that. It's not anyong else's responsibility to shelter your child, or yourself, for that matter. I also think people have the right to say things that are derogatory, but I also think they should understand that not everyone will like what they say, and there may be consequences.

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First amendment was meant to allow ppl to state beliefs aswell as to allow ppl to stand up against oppresive government. You can not used it to justify harassment, discrimination or anything of the like. It is not that we can "say whatever we want" we can say what we want in the bounds that it doesn't infringe on others rights.

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have any of you people ever read the first amendment? seriously, plain and simple, we can say whatever the hell we want to and someone censoring that is bs, frankly igot quite angry with youthnoise's censorship, they censored the word, que*r when that is what i identify as, a qu'er, anyone who is gay lesbian bisexual transgender pansexual, etc....censorship is wrong and unconstitutional. we all have the freedom to buch the button on our remote control if we are not happy with what we are hearing, we all have the power to turn the station if something in a song offends us, AND we all have the FREEDOM TO SAY WHATEVER THE HELL WE CHOOSE TO SAY!

I think that some censorship is necessary just to warn parents about the content. The kids are going to learn the words either way though whether it's at school or on the street but at least the parents can't blame the tv for it.

We will never become that censored. Your talking about the type of censorship that happens in a dictatorship but we don't have a dictatorship. The government would never be able to agree on what "type" of clothing we should wear and definitely not what food we eat.

There are too many different races in this country and too many individuals who will stand up and say what they believe. That's just a little too extreme.

Then have some ****ing personal responsibility and don't go to websites or watch TV shows where you think you might be exposed to things you find unappealing.

What's the diff between a 10 yr old atching and a 13yr old? or say a 20 yr old? if it's bad for one it's bad for all.

I'm not saying censorship is good but i won't condemn it either. I don't want to hear cussing every second word while i'm innocently surfing. I don't want to see some hardcore monkey sex on my tv set while i walk away from the tv during commercials. I think there are borders for censorship but i don't think it's entirely bad.

I dont really like censorship, but sometimes it is good. Like if there's swearing or nudity or sex in a music video and they play it on MTV, and this 10 year old kid watches it, then thats bad. Same goes for playing songs with cuss words on the radio; if the words are not edited out, then really young kids will hear them and learn them.
But when you buy the CD, then you have noticed by the parental advisory label that there will be bad words and it will be at the parents' discretion. So the artist can write lyrics with as much cussing as they want.

i'm not here to say that censorship is a good thing. that's the absolute last thing on my mind, but there are certain things that need to be allowed into consideration.

i'm completely in favor of rating things for content. but where rating borders on editing, that's where i draw the line. it's not fair to the artist, or to the people who want to enjoy the product. but putting a rating or advisory sticker on some things might benefit parents. imagine if you took a nine year old to a movie you thought was accetable to see for his/her age. but the film turns out to be more violent than you expected. a way to not waste money on tickets, and to also not let your kid see something they shouldn't be seeing at their age would be to put a rating on it, and say why it's rated that way.

anything past labeling something, i'm against.

Isn't it ridiculous that they censor us on youth noise? Well **** that!

-Nicole (very censored and politicallyINcorrect)