I have been a Comcast customer for over eight years, and have had serious customer service issues dealing with billing, service, and contracts over the years. Because I live on my Social Security, I called the Retention/Loyalty phone number on January 2nd to ask if I could sign up for a lower-cost 2-year service contract. I had been paying over $160 per month, and asked if there was a plan that would be less expensive. I talked to an agent, and signed up for a triple play plan of $129.99 per month, less credit deductions; and was told my monthly bill would be approximately $152. When I received my pro-rated bill, it was $175.77.…
Wesley Scroggins said in an article,”Scroggins: Filthy books demeaning to Republic Schools education”, from Springfield News- Leader, that “In high school English classes, children are required to read and view material that should be classified as soft pornography”. He then goes on to say that Speak is an example of soft pornography, and shouldn’t be allowed in english curriculum. He believes that this book should be censored in school districts. Laurie Halse Anderson wrote an essay, “A Comment about Censorship”, replying to his, and many other people’s opinions that Speak should be censored from the english curriculum. Although some parents believe that some books are inappropriate for school, they actually teach values from one generation to the next.…
In this source, Censorship, the author, Bradley Steffens, provides an overview of censorship and its effects on a community. This book gives the history about censorship, explains the First and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, and insightfully sheds light on how freedom of speech and freedom of the press protect Americans against censorship. However, this book does briefly address expressions and activities (in addition to censorship) that infringe on the First and Fourth Amendment. At the end of this book two helpful lists are provided: several organizations’ (such as the American Library Association) contact information is provided and suggestions for further reading. Since this book is merely for the…
Censorship has followed the free expressions of men and women throughout history. The very first record of censorship was in China, 300 AD, when the first censorship law was introduced (Otite). Books should be free for anyone and everyone to read, although children and young adults may be naive and impressionable, books should not be exclusive to certain age groups or social classes. The challenging and banning of the books like Huckleberry Finn, Fahrenheit 451, and The Great Gatsby.…
A complicated word isn't it, ‘censorship’. It comes from the Latin word ‘censere’ which means to give as one's opinion, something nonexistent in an Anthem society. Like many things, a world without censorship can be scary, but a world with too much of it, is a world with no meaning. Look at Anthem, the people who live in that society have no meaning, no life, no importance. Although many people can't imagine comparing the United States to an Anthem society, I believe the United States is an Anthem society because America has huge amounts of censorship when it comes to the press.…
Censorship and Banned Books How would you feel if someone restricted your favorite book? All over the world, every day, a book gets challenged. So many innocent books get banned and never read again because one person thinks the book is bad. I do not agree with people banning books at all. A person’s decision can impact others by changing their thoughts about certain things by banning them.…
The word censorship defines as blocking something from being heard, seen or read. I believe that there was a time that when censorship should be appropriate for the First Amendment. Although the First Amendment is about the free flow of information, ideas, and opinions that can be expressed in our society by responsible citizens, however, our government should be able to regulate the speech through the court consistently to determine if the government’s reason outweighs the importance of our democratic freedoms with ethical responsibilities. Censorship can also be an act of changing a message, including the change of deletion (complete removal of the message of the news or what was said), between the sender and the receiver. Censorship can be used for the good, by being ethically responsible.…
It is very difficult to decide whether an information should or should not be censored, because everyone has different thoughts and views; however, I strongly believe that certain books or informations should be removed from the libraries. The censorship in the libraries is necessary, especially for the students. Many informations in the public libraries can be harmful for students. Because students don't have their own views or ways to determine whether a information is right or wrong. Moreover, they can be affected by some of the inappropriate informations easily, such as racism and sexism.…
Do you think the 1st amendment should be held firm with no restrictions or should it be a guide for the country? Does censorship play a protective or restrictive role in the society? I believe that the first Amendment is but a guide for our country and it's freedoms are based upon it. I also think that censorship plays a protective role in America because of the “government's act of banning or altering media, speech, or performances. ”-Via HG.ORG…
Censorship is the suppression of public communication that has been deemed objectionable, harmful, sensitive or inconvenient as determined by the government, media outlet or controlling body. Censorship has been a major topic of controversy since before Christ. The most famous case is reasonably that of Socrates, he was sentenced to drink poison for his corruption of the youth and his acknowledgment of unorthodox divinities (Newth,2010).Then, about 200 years later Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China ordered the destruction of many history and philosophy books to make it seem that the world started with his rein (Preceden,n.d).Third, the burning of Mayan book’s, Fray Diego de Landa, a Spaniard acting bishop of the Yucatan, burned many of the Maya’s sacred books in 1562 because they conflicted with the Christian ideology he was trying to teach them…
The big problem with censorship started in the 20th century and is still continuing. The idea with censorship is good in some topics, but not in everyone. In some aspects censorship is good when reducing pedophiles and stopping child pornography. Then we have a country like China where they have censored all sorts of things. Overall Liza Kessler has an idea with being against censorship.…
Be it resolved censorship takes away a sense of awareness in teens and in young adolescents. (My opponent did not mention drugs or alcohol in her resolution or terms of definition, but states it in their points) Affirmative states, “Another thing that is very oftenly advertised is drugs and alcohol . When a child sees something they get curious and want to explore the new information received. This can lead to the temptation to try what they see on tv or even YouTube. YouTube has many videos pertaining to the subject matter of drugs and how to said drug, and even how to mask the smell.…
Research of “Censorship: Should Language be censored?” Censorship in America is an ongoing debate in today’s society. Many argue there is too much taking place, while others argue we don’t do enough to control it. In this essay we will examine censorship from four different perspectives.…
Censorship in today’s society can limit everything we say or do in our everyday lives. One of our rights in the First Amendment is the freedom of speech. There are famous court cases that have made it to the supreme court about what has been done and said in certain places. The First Amendment can also be censored in almost all of its components. Censorship in today’s society has many good factors and also many bad factors that can limit what information people are provided.…
Ever since people have communicated, people have wanted to encourage some ideas, while suppressing others. This idea eventually became known as censorship, and was applied by groups of even minimal power all over the world. The merit of censorship has been argued from many different sides, for many different reasons. Much of what censorship is, in our modern world, is a strong group of people depriving others of knowledge, to further the first group 's goals. Although some censorship may be beneficial when it comes to taking maturity into consideration, it is a dangerous thing to contemplate.…