Whatever the case may be, the American culture has come a long way to where it is today; while the public does generally not accept obscenity, highly sexualized content is often overlooked as a marketing technique. In the late 1800's, just as America a becoming a more solidified nation, Anthony Comstock, a postal inspector, really pushed for ridged laws against obscenity. He really pushed for Comstockism, the blocking of obscene images and literature even though the American Civil Liberty Unions
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SOPA, PIPA, and Internet Freedom Chase Fnords University of Liberty SOPA and Internet Freedom I. Introduction A. The internet is a vast, ever-expanding microcosm of information. As a tool, it provides the ability to share information with anyone in the world within seconds. Because of this ability, data that may be under copyright has been shared in a manner that may be deemed illegal. B. In recent history, legislation has been brought
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12/5/13 Final Paper The Use of Film During WWII At the beginning of World War I, America was neutral to what was happening across the pond. Americans went about with their everyday life. One of the new trends that came about at the time, were cinemas. Cinemas were used to entertain the masses, but that soon changed when President Woodrow
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College Campus Rumpus College is supposed to be a place for people to mature and develop their senses and character; it should be a prominent place for people to exchange ideas and differing opinions. However movements on college campuses across America have been stifling free expression and have gone so far as to protest and shut down people who have spoken out against their suppression of free speech. Movements such as Black Lives Matter liken themselves to being proponents of good seeking to ameliorate
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them or if its bad press. I have never seen anyone complaining about press that is in his or her favor or anything that is not in his or her favor Freedom of the press is defined by dictionary.com as the right to circulate opinion in print without censorship from the government. America’s Founding Fathers believed so strongly in the right to free speech that they codified it in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states in part, “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom
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All different countries have different ways of living, whether it is what language they speak or what clothes they wear. The Indian culture has some similarities but is mostly different than how our culture here is in America. As we do people in India have their dominant religions that they practice. Hinduism is the most popular religion in India and makes up about 80% of Indians. There are also two other religions which are Buddhism and Jainism that are practiced. Only around 0.5% of Indians
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------------------------------------------------- The video game industry is powerful and incredibly profitable. Its $18 billion in annual sales, large workforce, and even larger consumer base makes it a lobby one would not want to attempt to regulate unduly. Yet, violence in America, especially among young people, is a known problem. Some research indicates that video games are a part of that problem. Indeed, playing video games may be linked to antisocial behavior and permissiveness about violent behavior. For this paper I highlight
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Outline Thesis: The MPAA is no longer an effective source to categorize the ratings of modern movies and the lack of censorship is harming children and teens. I: The NC-17 rating has become irrelevant. A. The producers edit and re-submit their films for a lower rating. B. Theaters do not want to air them. II: The MPAA does not treat content consistently. A. Violence is not treated as harshly as sexual content. 1. Small moments of sexual content will warrant a higher rating. 2. It takes extreme
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punishment (Death Penalty) Capital punishment; Death row Capital punishment Cancer Cancer--Prevention SEE ALSO types of cancer, such asBreast--Cancer Neoplasms--Prevention and Control;Cancer Treatment Censorship SEE ALSO Freedom of the Press Censorship; Prohibited books Censorship; USA Patriot Act 2001-US AND Civil liberties; Filtering software;Banned books Child abuse SEE ALSO Domestic violence Abused children; Child abuse Child abuse Child custody/support
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people say that any negative speech towards a group is considered a form of hate speech; however, church religious groups are against the whole “gay marriage” and just homosexuality in general but they’re still allowed to speak out and protest against America. People are believed that the use of hate speech is to be a violation to the First Amendment but other people think otherwise and is believed that they have the right to say and express whatever they have to say and it’s protected; furthermore, hate
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