For a long time, censorship has existed. In the ancient Egyptian empire, nothing
             negative could be said about the gods. When America was an English colony, if anyone
             spoke out against the King of England, it was considered treason. In the pre-civil war
             period, books like "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were banned in the south. And even today,
             censorship laws have been implemented on the internet. In all these cases ,it did nothing
             positive. The Egyptian empire collapsed, The United States had a revolution, the Civil
             War broke out, and pornography has spread even more across the internet. If there is
             nothing to gain with censorship, then schools shouldn't try to censor the books we read.
             Besides not working in the past, there are more reasons why books shouldn't be
             censored. First, if one can't read a book because it is censored, then he is losing some of
             his freedom. Imagine having to secretly get a copy of a book, just because the school
             deems it unfit. Also, how would the school decide if a book is safe to read. If a teacher
             finds a book to be trash, a student may the same book educational, and worth reading. Not
             only do the people reading the book lose freedom, but the writers lose the freedom to
             express what they are feeling. Some of the greatest pieces of writing have come from the
             heart, and if writers are worrying about how they are writing, then they won't be worried
             Many books that are part of American society could be banned because of their
             content. If a book says a few curse words, then the school could say than it can't be read
             even if it teaches us an important lesson. Many books important to society have local color
             in them, and censorship takes away from the connotation if the local color is taken out. A
             lot of famous books would be banned because they accurately portray the way people
             spoke. Books with violence would also be the target
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