Academic freedom

In the past, people only had a limited array of methods to spread and promote their beliefs; however the main difference today is that thanks to recent advancements in technology people now have access to a wider array of resources in spreading their ideologies. People today are bombarded with emotion triggering news stories and aggressive political campaigns which can influence their line of thinking, which ideologies they will side with, and the kind of people they will surround themselves…

Defender of copyright infringers Joe Hickster made it his mission to make people believe that movie pirates should not be penalized. In essence, he makes it seem okay for people to infringe copyrighted materials because they can get away with it. So basically, he's one of the reasons why the entertainment business is struggling with piracy. Hickster is responsible for keeping infringers from facing the consequences of their actions. He runs a blog called ACS Bore that was set up to undermine…

Critical approaches to media production Eminem - Without Me Censorship Censorship is when speech, public communication or other information that can be considered harmful or offensive to certain parts of the public is removed or covered from certain things such as music or television. In Eminem songs he has to use censorship in his music played on the radio or where younger people can access it because a lot of his music is considered offensive to different nationalities, genders and…

if there was three words that could change your lifestyle all together? The lives of the Quakers would be different if the establishment clause was being enforced. It would change so many different aspects of their life, such as their safety and freedom. The establishment clause is a law that separates church from state. This basically means that you can't make any laws based on your religion. Without having this law, a theocracy can…

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about how there has been a bit of controversy about an art students painting and whether or not it should be displayed at the art exhibition here on campus. It has been brought to my attention that in the painting the artist depicted herself as a sailor seducing her boyfriend who was depicted as a siren. Some people feel like the painting is pornographic while others believe that it is simply artistic. But is it really a big deal? A question that I’m pretty…

country we live in today, religious liberty is very prominent. To my understanding, today no is forced to abide by a particular religion. The participation in religion solely relies on the choice of the individual. However, centuries ago, religious freedom was looked down upon. There are numerous events that took place that resulted in the branches of other denominations and religious liberty. British Colonist settled on the Eastern seaboard of America. It was common that in the English…

an individual has as a citizen of country. Freedom of Speech gives the people an open minded thought to freely speak about their opinions on present day situations on what they think should happen. Not only has this right caused problems for past decades, but it proceeds to produce definite events that have occurred throughout history. Although many have taken the law into their own hands to a further extension then what it's meant to be used for. Freedom of speech is defined as the right to…

choice to say what they want. Speech is an act and acts which cause unnecessary and substantial harm should be illegal. Freedom of speech promotes the liberty of individuals not to allow us to cause harm to one another and spread hate online. Advocacy of Violence The First Amendment does generally bar the government from controlling communication but, regulating speech on the Internet would help to at least curb violence both on and off the Internet. Speech that contains an incitement to…

Recycling laws such as the GatesburgGoGreen Initiative are bogus and should not be adopted by any community in the United states. This is just another way for local goverments to abuse their power.Not only would they write tickets and fines, but they would be invading our privacy. Recycling is a great idea but, should by no means be inforced by local governments. First off, if we accept laws that force us to recycle, law enforcement will take it to extremes we never could have imagined…

In the first chapter of “Ways of Seeing” the author, John Berger, mentions many points about how the reproduction of art has changed the way we see art as a whole. Specifically, in the last paragraph he makes a strong statement about how art of the past has now become a political issue. In the first sentence of the paragraph he starts off by saying that “The art of the past no longer exists as it once did”, which means that art no longer exists as it did. Since it was once isolated, part of a…