Censorship Debate essay

             Censorship has been a large issue in the history of the United States for quite
             some time. Though this is the home of the free and land of the brave, how far does the
             freedom go? Current censorship completely holds back literary works that are made into
             Currently, 40 percent of the population opposes censorship. The other 60 percent
             of the population either do not care about censorship or promotes it. The entertainment
             industry is one of the largest parts of the country's income, to shut it down would be
             tragic to the economy. Imagine what would happen if censorship did not have to be a part
             of the world. As of this day and age, entertainment comes from the most taboo parts of
             the censorship bureau's strict beliefs. Organizations such as the FCC and AMPA limit the
             people of the supposed "free nation" from what they can or cannot see and hear. Europe,
             mainly England, Germany, France and Russia, has seen a dramatic decrease in teen
             pregnancy and homicide since censorship does not exist in those countries.
             Teenagers and children have a fear of openness with their parents. Each day, a
             parents tells his/her child the truth about where babies come from. Each day, it becomes
             harder and harder for a parent to realize that the truth is harder to tell than some half
             baked story of storks and cabbage patches. In Europe, the children and teens have little or
             no discomfort when confronting parents with similar issues simply because sex and
             violence is shown on that miracle box in the living room.
             Motion Pictures have played a large part in the lives of millions of people for the
             past 70 years. More and more sex, violence and profanity market their way into movies.
             Fiction is the largest type of movie made and watched because of the entertaining and
             wild action and sexual scenes The United States has made some of the best movies that
             the world will ever see such as: Lethal W
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