Hist 105 Short Paper #4 Diverse Ways of Thinking: Clash of Civilizations? Due via Angel Drop Box‚ Saturday‚ April 12‚ 11:55 PM Our first paper concentrated on how scholars support thesis-driven arguments using a variety of evidence. As we discovered‚ authors will often rely on historical data to shape their arguments and develop conclusions that are relevant to the world today. The second and third papers asked you to apply this approach to examine the contemporary issues of globalization and
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A First Amendment Junkie By: Susan Jacoby Susan Jacoby (b. 1946)‚ a journalist since the age of seventeen‚ is well known for her feminist writings. “A First Amendment Junkie” (our title) appeared in the Hers column in the New York Times in 1978. It is no news that many women are defecting from the ranks of civil libertarians on the issue of obscenity. The conviction of Larry Flynt‚ publisher of Hustler magazine—before his metamorphosis into a born-again Christian—was greeted with unabashed
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hate speech‚ lurid threats. This has provoked various efforts to limit the kind of speech in which one may engage on the Internet or to develop systems to “filter out” the more offensive material. Oddly for a medium that was supposed to reduce censorship by limiting government control it has become one of the most widely censored mediums there is. This is true even in countries that do not censor other forms of communication. The First Amendment to the Constitution (1791) protects free speech
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he gets his letter back. To get the letter back Juan does work long and hard but “Soon his work became so absorbing that his noble mission blurred in his mind”. In addition‚ Juan loses any rational thought of why he actually got the job at the censorship place and ends up censoring his letter. He works so hard that they keep advancing him to higher positions‚ and is soon revealed that it is more important for him to do his job than to try and find his letter. “He was about to congratulate himself
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escapes the corrupted society to the old railroad filled people similar to himself. Even though the setting of Bradbury’s novel is taken place in the future‚ his objective is to alert the readers of their flaws such as censorship and the use of technology. Bradbury criticizes censorship having the novel take place in a society where books are banned. Montag starts off the novel by stating “It was a pleasure to burn”(Bradbury 3)‚ Montag is making a reference to his job as a firefighter. The job of a
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Music Should Be Censored By Kylie Toh Most music nowadays contain profanity‚ sexual content‚ mock religion and much more. In some countries‚ the government censors music to protect the youth from hearing such things. Many people are opposed to the idea‚ saying that it’s not nice to listen to a song on the radio and suddenly a long beeping sound replaces a curse word and that a curse word isn’t that bad and will not affect a child at all. However‚ studies show that the origin of cursing becoming
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it okay? Censoring and the banning of certain things is always okay if it doesn’t put the public in danger or won’t affect the views of the American people. However‚ there is a very thin line that the government can cross that could really make censorship and banning a very serious and dangerous topic. Censoring plays a huge part in movies and television shows. A lot of curse words and vulgar words that are not acceptable to say in a normal conversation are censored. Whether a show or movie
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subject to criticism and even bannings when any one person does not like the content. Books bannings should not be done whatsoever‚ let alone become a semi-common practice. Of course‚ bannings only occur after careful consideration. Or do they? Censorship is a growing problem in America‚ as parents and other authority figures ban various types of books in their community when content is too “edgy” or “age inappropriate”‚ and these are often gone through without the book so much as being opened. However
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Throughout the years‚ books from classics to young adult novels have been banned.. Books are an essential part of education. They have always been there to teach children‚ but all over the country‚ books are being prohibited. Certain books are not only banned in schools but they are also banned in libraries‚ and bookstores‚ limiting public access to specific pieces of literature. These books are banned for because they include profanity‚ or sometimes having different opinions than the majority of
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classic themes. Unfortunately‚ each of these novels has been banned at one point in time. In a country where freedom is so adamantly advocated‚ it is a wonder that an issue like censorship would even come up‚ that such a controversy would sink its claws into the minds of states’ boards of education across the nation. Censorship is a needless restriction placed on developing minds that need the morals and values that banned books can give. Many of these classic stories have been banned because of sexual
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