The Pros And Cons Of Censorship In Vietnam

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Censorship! Is it always a bad thing? Or, could it be good. For people such as John Wheeler, Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, without censorship things are confusing. However, Supreme Court Justice William Brenan disagree. Although, censorship is wanted by many people such as John Wheeler, it is better not need for most. Censorship will always cause confusion.
During the Vietnam war, John Wheelr, said that "Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind." Well he is right, only because people always view thing in more than one way. "There is always two sides to the story." Whenever something is asked of people there are the ones that support them, and the ones that don't. I agree with John Wheelr,

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