Books are a form of expression and not necessarily self-expression. ... " (Banned Books Week: Lolita). ... This is why it is so important not to ban books because there is no point in having freedom of expression if there is a greater power at work censoring what we are exposed to. This "greater power" would have to be online censoring social media or porn websites for example, but they are not. Instead this power is trying to censor our books, an actual sophisticated art form. ...

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Nearly every single site made on the Internet (except for those protected by "Net Nanny" or some other net ban program) can be accessible to just about any age, resulting in some of the youngest minds being infiltrated by information that makes some youths turn out the way they do in today's society. ... Some even find that new relationships are made online, often resulting in their meeting each other. ... It has been said by authors John M Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson, that those who read books are prone to be the most likely people to use the Internet than those who sit in front of the ...

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"Nevada's legal sports books bring in about $2.3 billion in bets each year estimated to be a mere 1% of the total organized gambling on sports nationwide," (Hamburger, A1). ... History demonstrates that a ban on legal betting will not reduce the threat of point-shaving schemes. ... Analysts predict online bettors will lose $3 billion a year by 2002," (Schouten, 14B). ... When they tried to outlaw online gambling they found out that many of the online firms are outside the U.S.A. and therefore the U.S.A. government has no control over that (Schouten, 14B). Online gambling is affecting y...

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The Camp Harmony Exhibit page in the online archive of the University of Washington gives insight into how demeaning the camps were to the incarcerated internees during this time and how such civil rights were denied. ... Also evacuees were requested to voluntarily hand in Japanese books, pamphlets, literature, and other records deemed suspicious by Americans. Religious freedom was also denied: Shinto, a major religion for the Japanese, was banned from many of the camps (1-4). ... Low salaries were justified by the US government because the camps offered shelter, food and medical care fre...

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Abstract The study explored the hypothesis that a major proportion of overseas students at Navitas English have little knowledge about censorship and they have strong opinions on which types of online content should or should not be censored. ... In modern times, one of the well-known historical events on censorship might be Chinese Cultural Revolution, which led to many different-idea holding politicians' death and destroyed a massive number of books considered to include reactionary contents (Wang, 1997). ... It is hypothesized that most international students know little about internet...

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When is the Beginning of Personhood? During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most contentious subjects of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions, and law collaborate. Many have contemplated upon the meaning of ...

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Throughout the history of the U.S. through countless administrations, Republican and Democrat, war has always been a last resort to violence, not a first response to political and democratic turmoil. Our current president has presented the nation with a new doctrine, justifying preemptive U.S. strikes against any regime that the administration fears is a threat to attack the U.S. or our allies, most currently aimed at Iraq. An American campaign of preemptive strikes to overthrow the Iraqi regime would be an unjust, aggressive, imperialist war and have potentially disastrous effects on ou...

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