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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
CENSORSHIP “‘Star Wars’ shows two
siblings kissing at one point, which is obviously something society is against, so it should probably be censored.”
continued from 4 President Barack Obama’s gun control proposition, skewing kids towards a liberal lifestyle whenever they watch the caped crusader. “Star Wars” shows two siblings sharing a kiss at one point, which is obviously something that society is against, so it should probably be censored. And what about the movie, “Blazing Saddles,” and Mark Twain’s novel, “Huckleberry Finn?” Both works openly mock racism, but use the N-word very explicitly. Both works have come under scrutiny for their language, with Twain’s novel even being redone in some versions to censor the original language used. Some of those scenarios are ridiculous, but at least specific reasons are given, other than Chicago’s public schools citing some graphic use of language and images (in a graphic novel, go figure) and the lack of
one that I’ve received towards The Reporter’s proposed budget cut. So that’s why I’m writing about free speech. I’ve been asking myself questions about it recently, and the answers I’ve received are as vague as the reasons for limiting it in the first place. I suppose I’m just expressing concern over what I view to be changes in value of free speech. Maybe I thought that, before this opinion piece ends, and I put on the hat of the unbiased journalist, that I am expected, paid, and pretend to be, it would be good to express those concerns in an open forum. And, guess what, the ability to give information to the public and be expressive (some would call it free speech) is the reason I decided to go to get into writing, journalism, and attend college in the first place.
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