Define censorship. Do you think it’s ever acceptable for libraries or schools to limit or remove content that might be offensive or inappropriate to some audiences? Should there be different rules for what children and teenagers can read, or is that a decision for the parents? If you are a parent or when you become a parent, what will your rules for what your children can read be?
Your response should be at least two full paragraphs. Remember a paragraph is four to seven sentences.
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Censorship. Censorship to me is taking out or using a euphemism in books, music, movies etc... It is like making something for adults or rated R to pg-13 or even pg. Censorship hides the ugly truth sometimes. Whether or not that's good is contradictorial between many people today.
When I become a parent I will censor some things. Now I will not base it on content but age. Some ages are mature enough and ready for certain concepts whereas others are not. I will give my children the choice when they come of age so to say. There is always a point when I can't say no as they grow; however that doesn't mean I can't teach them we'll enough before they grow and become parents themselves. Media, books and news can affect the actions of children and teenagers immensely, but we can help put up walls to keep them levelheaded.
I don't believe that there should be any kind of banning on books. I understand that some books are a little offensive to some people, but not everyone feels the same. Just because a liberal parent ran across a bad word doesn't mean they should be able to take the opportunity of reading the book away from every other person alive, although that seems to be their drive a lot of the time. What people don't understand is that everyone is on a different level, and what may be offensive to some cushioned people, may be inspiring to others. I can say I've read a few books that would have been questionable and they usually turned out very well.
When I'm a parent, I will not ever "censor" what my child can and cannot read. If they want to read a book I'll encourage it. Im sure that if I had a bad feeling I would read it first and afterward give my opinion on it, but the ultimate choice is really up to them. You can't protect people from the real world, and that's what's in these books. If you try that, they'll be unprepared in the future and could experience horrible situations that directly relate to their lack of understanding on certain topics.
The government has no right whatsoever to take away our books and opportunities of fun and knowledge. Books have many benefits though yes, they can cause negative or poor actions for children. I believe that it is our choice whether or not we choose to go there. The government has no say. Perhaps our parents do for a little while, nonetheless it's our choice whether we want to read immoral or drug referencing things. The government has no right ( even constitutionally) to take our freedom of reading and knowledge and PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
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