The New Freedom

Licensing is typically done by any group or person in power or with privilege, against anything that is a threat to that power or privilege. By licensing a piece of literature, the licensers are preventing the public from accessing new ideas and perspectives, not just sinful ideas, which is pernicious because it causes people to become ignorant. Moreover, in terms of how the book is experienced on a larger timeline, licensing is even more detrimental; once the author and the licenser…

The purpose of this report was to investigate the normality of the culture by researching its beliefs, values, music, fashion and attitudes. Its purpose was to show its history over the past and how important it is to some people. In the report, most information was collected by secondary research, through websites, blogs, magazine articles and research reports. The secondary sources were collected through online websites, blogs and magazine articles. It was known as a music genre in the 1990s,…

The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech or press….” It is our right to read and write as we please; therefore the concept of book banning is preposterous. For children, ruins authors emotionally and economically, intrigues kids to learn about inappropriate ideas, and book banning restricts the use of books as teaching tools. Lastly, banning a book absolutely destroys the author emotionally and economically. For starters, when a writers book…

government. Mills argued in On Liberty “...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered.” In a democratic society, freedom of speech plays an important role. Freedom of speech guarantees the citizens to participate in the democracy, and a democratic society isn’t stable if there is no free speech in the administration sector. Restrictions on free speech may cause harm to democratic…

workforce, which they design cryptographic systems to guard national security and spy on foreign governments’ movements. However, NSA became more strict with tighter security on all the American citizens after the 9/11 attack. NSA has taken away people’s freedom by spying on everyone’s action in the United States, and the Patriot Act legalized the NSA invasion on the citizens’ privacy (Rouse). Not only the NSA makes people uncomfortable, the government spends excessive amounts of money on it and…

Chapter Four, Legal Religion, talks about how religion freedoms are handled under the law. Sullivan expresses that religious ideas are free to be thought, however when put into practice, religious beliefs can be limited by the government. She talks about the difficulties presented by the American Legal system, for example the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which claim to protect varying religious beliefs, but in turn discriminate against religions not of the unsaid Protestant majority.…

that we all have grown accustomed to. For many people the desecration of the American flag is the same as a slap in the face. If our Nations flag is a symbol of freedom then we must protect it, even if it is from Americans. The First Amendment to the US Constitution starts with, “Congress shall make no law respecting … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances,” (Amendment). This…

Borgmann, the creator of the device paradigm discusses the device as, “fatally debilitating tendency in the present role of technology” (4). In this way Borgmann is opening up the idea that technology gives us a promise that is both positive and negative. The ability of the technology to both provide a burden free world while also leaving the same world lonely and separated is unique. The majority of the technology today creates the burden free and independent world many individuals care to…

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. These…

these authors are being robbed of their opinion. So, again I ask, due to them being offended they feel it’s fair to ban the book from others? In my opinion I feel we are being stripped of our opinion. In the constitution we are granted FREEDOM OF SPEECH and FREEDOM OF PRESS! So why are they trying to stop us from reading what we want. The book “Holes” was a great book and I would STRONGLY encourage you to read it. Although these books are banned from certain groups many others will continue to…