The government even goes as far as burning books and killing innocent people. ... It contains exciting stories of individuals and institutions willing to act against prevailing law in the name of free expression. ... Once Montag starts reading his collection of books, the reason why people believe books are so horrible is shown. ... As Fire Captain Beatty says, "Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. ... The primary purpose of the constitutional and the guarantee of a free press was to create a fourth organization outside the government as an ext...

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Isn't that a part of free speech? ... People are dying and all the government is worrying about is bad books. ... Thousands of books have been banned due to censorship. People with imagination are probably missing out on really great books. Schools are banning books that aren't even gory or pertaining to death. ...

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These books allow teenagers to expand their minds and their overall outlook on life. ... Books that contain such content teach acceptance, empathy, understanding, and reality. ... While reading controversial books, certain experiences are presented to them. ... Conditions for free choice include being aware that we have alternatives and being psychologically able to select from alternatives- (Baker 271). ... Banning books is stunting the mental development of teenagers. ...

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She is the founder of Women Against Pornography and author of the book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (1975) and several other books and essays. ... Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote, "To equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans the grand conception of the First Amendment and its implications in the struggle for freedom. It is a misuse of the great guarantees of free speech and free press." ... These cases include the 1934 case of James Joyce's Ulysses and Henry Miller's Tropical books; Lady Chat...

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The founders of the United States government tried to protect our liberty by assuring a free press, to gather and publish information without being under control or power of another, in the First Amendment to the Constitution. ... These groups, religious or otherwise, believe that publishing unorthodox material is an abuse of free expression under the First Amendment. ... Others are members of boards or committees, organized to review books, films, or other forms of communication on behalf of a community. ... Through this survey it was found that American rate free speech as their second most ...

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 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." ... Music is a free expression of the ideas and emotions of people. ... Why should we even stop at books. ... If we censor these books and change parts of them to make it more "appropriate", the point of the book would be lost, as the point of songs are lost when they are changed to become more "appropriate". ...

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Amazon.com and Barnes & Nobles sell these books in their stores and on the Internet. The two companies have been criticized for selling these books by the American Jewish Committee and I am sure by many other groups but they still continue to sell it. ... These books might serve as a tool for help but in many ways they can also be served as a tool for good. Many of the books we read today in school at one point or another had been banned. ... The right to say whatever you want is one of the many things that makes this country truly unique and free. ...

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Freedom of the Press Freedom of the Press, which is part of the first amendment, can be characterized as immunity of the communications media (newspapers, books, magazines, radio, and television) from government control or censorship. ... Without free media, a free society would not be possible. ... Another important limit on the free press is the law of libel. libel involves false accusations, defamation and ridicule directed towards another person. ... However, the Courts have interpreted the 1st amendment in such a way as to give a great presumption that any restriction on the citizen&#...

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Not allowing the publication of books, magazines, pictures, or newspapers by any means, would violate this right. ... Although these articles or photographs may offend certain members of the viewing audience, Bok assures that "we are faced with...the conflict between our commitment to free speech and our desire to foster a community founded on mutual respect" (Bok, 51). ...

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The First amendment of the Constitution states "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press- We are told that we are free but, on the contrary, we are very limited. ... Censorship is used in the novel by burning books. ...

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Is the acceptance of pornography in our society a question of free speech and expression? ... Until this moment, the constitutional doctrine of free speech has developed without taking equality seriously - either the problem of social inequality or the mandate of substantive legal equality." (MacKinnon 71) On the other hand, there is the opinion held by many that "If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own home, what books he may read, or what films he may watch." ... Free speech and expression is an essential part of Am...

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Most people would be offended at the thought of the government telling them what books and magazines are acceptable for their children to read, but when the Internet is involved they have no qualms about letting the government interfere all it wants. ... It is illegal for the government to try to restrict anyone's right to free speech. ...

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Unlike most people think the media does not cause violence but instead it provides entertainment for all. It easily entertains people with the news or games that people play. Some say that media will cause violence Like Governor Chris Christie, who says "You cannot tell me that a kid sitting in a ba...

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Lawfully, it is justifiable by the books for someone to insult a member of a different social class, race, or community, but can it be justified morally? The First Amendment does state: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 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." ...

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Throughout the history of mankind, a portion of the population has felt the need to remove or suppress material that they consider to be morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable, such as artworks, books, films, or other materials, and what they are really trying to take away is the artists right to be creative and expressive. ... Although Americans live in the freest country in the world, with the most liberal laws involving free speech and artistic expression, those freedoms are not without limits from government regulation. ...

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