Yes and No! Alexander Hamilton expressed his concerns in Federalist Paper No. 84, "Bill of rights. He believed it was not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous." Hamilton asks, "For why declare that things shall not be done by Congress which there is no power to do? Why, for instance, should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given to Congress by which restrictions may be imposed?" Hamilton's argument was that Congress
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Controversial opinions have arisen concerning the burning of the American flag. Ronald J. Allen has also contributed on his essay American Flag Stands for Tolerance published in June 30, 1989. He argues that he understands how the situation might be controversial to some, but eventually it is one’s right as an American citizen to be able to express oneself easily, even though the idea may not be well-liked or the action itself is extreme, through logos, ethos, and pathos, figurative language, and
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The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is censorship. It doesn't really provide a real reason why books are banned. Instead it really mainly suggests many contributing factors that create the reason why books are banned. These contributing factors can be broken down into two groups. One group where it leads to a lack of interest in reading books and another group in which the factors contribute to make people hostile towards books. The first group includes factors that compete with reading. These factors
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starters, censorship does come with its own down sides. In fact, one of the major down sides of censorship is that it interferes with peoples rights such as the first amendment, the freedom of speech, and of course freedom. The right to be fed information that the media refuses to show, for example.
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Censorship can be for the good of people, but as well for the worst. When censorishop comes into mind, many think of undemocratic or fascist regimes preventing any type of influence other than theirs. Most of the time, certain sensitive topics, phrases, or even words would be redacted to protect the public, but what happens when a famous piece of American literature was modified because of its choice of words that was purposely selected to convey its message? This is the case for The Adventures of
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The Catcher in the Rye should not be censored. It is a novel from which high school students can benefit. For one thing we have the freedom of speech which means if you try and censor this book you would be obstructing that right. This is a very inspirational and controversial book because of what is said in it. Discussion over this book can lead kids to more realization of the world that the would not have thought of from just reading the book themselves. First of all, the way the writer speaks
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Censorship, the removal of words, images, or ideas that are “offensive,” is a hotly debated topic. Can what is seem as insulting to one person be viewed as acceptable by another? We all have our own “line in the sand” that points to where we say, enough is enough. However, is it fair for individuals or groups to determine where that line is for everyone? We don’t think so. Each individual should be able to decide for him/herself whether a book, movie, paper, etc., is appropriate. Our book, The Catcher
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make him stop he called the police officer a “dictator”. He later got arrested for these actions. I do not think that he violated the New Hampshire law by doing this, in the first amendment it says that citizens have freedom of speech and religious practice. He was using his freedom of speech and religious practice by doing this. Therefore he did not violate the New Hampshire law, and should not be in prison.
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Censorship Censorship has been around for hundreds of years, dating back to ancient Rome, but only in recent decades has it become more prevalent. Today, it has become one of the most controversial topics all over the world. When people think of censorship, the majority of them associate it with the beeping out a “bad” word or blurring nudity to make a video more appropriate for television. While this is a form of censorship, the problem goes much further than television. It stretches from the
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Students should be limited to there free speech do to the safety of schools and students are minors so they say things without thinking and that could cause harm.Without the free speech students will be less distracted and more focused on work. Students shouldn't have the right to free speech because of the lack of intelligence among minors.There will be chaos in schools when others are trying to learn and kids will have the right to say and do whatever they want and the teachers won't have the
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