Obscenity

Someone’s speech cannot be blocked simply because of how they express themselves. American Bar says, “This standard for judging obscenity did not change until 1957 when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the First Amendment does not permit the government to reduce the adult population to reading "only what is fit for children."... It gave constitutional protection to works unless…

response to the growing availability of obscene materials such as birth control, pornography, and illicit novels. The law was an attempt by Anthony Comstock to keep obscene material away from the American youth and in order to do this, obscenity had to be defined. The obscenity laws were targeting working class sexuality and resulted in the creation of two groups in the public sphere. One group believed in defining sexuality through individual control and the opposing group, the “vice…

Walworth Barbour American International School Was the U.S. Supreme Court Correct in Its Decision in Brown vs Entertainment Merchants Association. Mark Sbitnev US History Mr. Marusak Fall Semester 2015 Introduction On May 20, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court , asking the Court to hear an appeal of the 9th Circuit’s ruling(Gamasutra Article). In court the California argues that its Act may restrict the…

exactly the case for the young family of Michael Smith according to the article “I Swear, What’s the U.S. Coming To?” by Mike Downey, which appeared on page 2 of the Los Angeles Times. Timothy Boomer, after capsizing his canoe from a rock, bellowed obscenities which got him arrested and put to trial from breaking a state law passed in 1897 in Michigan. Though it was officially up the courts to decide if he should be arrested and fined, the correct ruling is obvious. Timothy Boomer should be…

tireless efforts to reinforce what they think and believe in. There is a want to eradicate evil and a western way of living. After ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in Europe, they made a statement mocking Paris; “capital of prostitution and obscenity … the lead carrier of the cross in Europe”. The fact of the matter is that these terrorists feel like they have a world view and they need to execute this world view, through the three dimensions of…

Fallen Angels is a coming-of-age novel about a young man who enters the army during the Vietnam War in the 1960’s. The book was banned by certain school districts for its use of profanity, sexual language, racism, and vulgarity, and has been repeatedly challenged by parents and teachers over the past 15 years (Serena, 2010). No punches were pulled in this novel. It successfully paints a picture of war as teens drafted during the Vietnam War era, and tells how they would have experienced and been…

Within the Constitution, there is a set of unalienable, fully protected rights that are guaranteed to all citizens regardless of social standing, race, or political stance. These rights are known as the First Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights. It is these rights provided by the First Amendment that protects citizens from an overbearing and domineering government. Some of these rights are often the cause for great debate, as to what constitutes that right, and how does that affect others…

In the Republic of Gilead, the Mecca of misogyny, the idea that love is useless and wrong is perpetuated throughout the society. The government seeks to dehumanize its people, specifically women, in every possible way including emotion. One of Offred’s teachers in Gilead is Aunt Lydia of the Red Center, who is very passionate about these ideals. Throughout the book, Aunt Lydia is seen as the epitome of Gilead’s principles. When the topic of love arises at the Red Center, Atwood writes, “Love,…

profanity, obscenity, cursing, and sexual harassment. Epithet are the various types of slurs that refers to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and also can be referred to appearance, disabilities, or other characteristics that are offensive to be mentioned. The examples are ‘midget’, ‘gimp’ and ‘retard’. The second category is profanity that related to the religious terms such as ‘goddamn’, ‘hell’ and ‘for the love of Christ’ (Ningjue, 2010). The third category of taboo words is obscenity which…

disturbing to a child who is elementary/middle school age. However, I also think that the book should not be banned from high schools because I believe that it also is very eye-opening and could teach students very important lessons. The usages of obscenities in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time are pretty…