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Persian Gulf Armed Forces
1,072 wordsIn 1992, an antiwar activist, Country Joe, violated a Georgia statute by acting out a skit that urged people to refuse to fight in the Persian Gulf war, overthrow the government and form a socialist regime. He then burned a military uniform in opposition to the war, and was arrested for his actions. This paper will examine the Georgia statute that Country Joe violated and address the constitutionality of that law. The Georgia statute under which Country Joe was arrested made it a crime to wear t...
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Boston Bedford St Freedom Of Speech
1,132 wordsAmericans Must Give Up TV Violence For the Kids, Or Else To the unsuspecting eye, this nations response and reaction to the rise in number of violent acts committed by teenagers could be described as appropriately overwhelming, but when examined more closely, does America really care? When examined in a general sense, violence has declined overall in the US but has risen among teens (Hunt 651). Who is to blame and how are we trying to prevent youth crime and teen promiscuity? A New York Times po...
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American Indian Religious Freedom Act Of 1978
1,519 wordsTHE AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1978 The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 Some people want the medicine man and woman to share their religious belief in the same manner that priests, rabbis, and ministers expound publicly the tenets of their denominations; others feel that Indian ceremonials are remnants of primitive life and should be abandoned. - Vine Deloria (NARF article) Religious freedom is an autonomy that most people living in the present take for granted. For m...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Terminally Ill Patient
764 wordsPhysician-assisted suicide presents one of the greatest dilemmas tothe medical profession. Should someone who is mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engaged physician-assisted suicide? According to the First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, one haste freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The Fourteenth Amendment states, The State cannot deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny any p...
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Material On The Internet Difficult To Find
1,172 wordsIntroduction With more and more frequency the newspapers are reporting instances of school children distributing disks of pornographic images which they have downloaded from the net and recently a university student was found to be operating such a site for material. On November 11, an Associated Press release (Phillips, 1994) reported that Carnegie Mellon University had decided to block its users from accessing sexually explicit materials through the Internet: the university's president feared ...
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Computer Games Short Term
3,163 words... ty. Since he was a mere boy, he had played with blocks and immensely enjoyed the act of creating entire cities. And not simply for the purpose of destroying them later; he sincerely loved the act of constructing elaborate infrastructures from blocks and other household toys. So he reckoned that it would be a good idea to make a game that allowed players to do just this, but on a computer. Not even he was prepared for what came after. Released four years later, in 1989, SimCity became one of ...
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Opposing Viewpoints Religious Beliefs
1,144 words... Censorship is not taking away the rights of citizens, it is protecting the rights of people who do not wish to be exposed to certain things. It is also a great tool in preserving morals and social order. Violence in things such as movies and pornography obviously encourage criminal, or immoral behavior. Restricting such materials to certain times and places may keep them being viewed as taboo, and not allow them to become the norms of society. When these grounds are considered, we can see th...
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Played An Important War On Terrorism
1,161 wordsIt is a reasonable expectation that the media will gather the facts and report the news fairly, accurately and responsibly. The American public relies on the media for a great deal of its information. "The role of the press in American politics has become a major source of discussion and controversy in recent years" (Davis, 1). The question raised in this paper is, "Does the media present the news fairly, accurately, and completely?" The short answer is no, the long answer will be examined throu...
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Jim Crow Laws Civil Rights Act
1,080 wordsIn the United States, true equality has never existed. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times, the U. S. legal system has failed in any attempt at equality. The ideology of "all [men] are equal but some [men] are more equal than others" has been present throughout the history of the U. S. (Orwell). Inequality has always existed in the United States legal system and continues to exist today; however, the inequality presently in the system is not as blatant as what it once was, but t...
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2002 A Href Wal Mart
936 words... t control efforts have a negative effect on the industry: The concessions [voluntary labeling] sound disturbingly like self-censorship. Who needs legislation if the record companies like Circles wont sell those albums to minors? In addition to Rolling Stone, other magazines have been voicing their opinions about music censorship for years. Wal-Mart is also a key component of some peoples fight against censorship. Wal-Mart has a policy of not carrying any CDs that carry the notorious parental...
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Freedom Of Speech Code Of Ethics
1,312 wordsThe United States of America is a special nation, with a manifest destiny to become the protectors of the free world. And so the ironic battle begins here as we began to realize that the free world is in a paradox of itself. As protectors, this ideological thinking has grown into a foreign policy, and freedom is no longer just a gift but instead every humans right and a moral of society. Since 1776, when America had declared freedom its almost as if freedom became a never-ending battle to fight ...
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The Federal Marriage Amendment
592 wordsThe Federal Marriage Amendment is one of the strongest controversies today. Should the government have the power to state what marriage is? The FMA would define marriage as only, in the traditional sense, between a man and a woman. The amendment was first introduced by Representative Ronnie Shows (D-Mississippi) in the House of Representatives on May 15, 2002. Supported already by the Senate Majority Leader, Mr. Bill Frist (R-TN) and Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO). In this, courts / legi...
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The Scopes Trial Case For Teaching Part 1
1,591 wordsThe Scopes Trial: The Case for Teaching Evolution The Scopes trial set the stage for widespread acceptance of teaching Evolution in America's classrooms. During the early 1900 s an anti-evolution movement swept through the United States. Helping ease the commotion was the fact that very few Americans attended high school during the nineteenth century. Almost none attended schools in the southern states. The anti-evolution crusade lacked a specific political or legal objective until Kentucky's Ba...
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Federal Communications Commission American Medical Association
2,317 wordsViolence in the Media? Monkey see, monkey do? has become a well-known saying in today? s modern, media warped society, but is it correct? What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these, our homes, is a major source of violence. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the peopl...
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B I G Ancient Times
714 wordsCensorship Censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society (Censorship). I believe that music, books, and the media should not be censored. In the first amendment, it states that it is a right to have free speech. So if it is in the constitution, then why is everything censored. Throughout history there has been many cases of censorship. Every society has had customs, religious observances, dress, and sexual expression ...
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Freedom Of Speech Obscene Material
508 wordsCensorship is the Censorship Censorship Censorship is the control of communication between people. This includes restrictions on what can be seen and heard. Mostly, censorship is practiced by Governments. But religious and political leaders and special interest groups also try to control the flow of information. Censorship violates individual rights, hides useful information, and limits freedom of speech. The four major types of censorship are moral, military, political, and religious. The most ...
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Won T Public Schools
501 wordsI did my report on the First Amendment. The First Amendment of the United States states that, Congress shall make no law against the freedom of speech, nor of the press. However, the list of banned books in public schools and libraries is astonishing. Most people against literary censorship act with what they beleive to be highest cause: protecting their families as well as their communities from evil. They see that they are preserving the values that the the entire society should take in to acc...
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Sexually Explicit Material Parents Music Resource Center
858 wordsCensorship in music The first amendment to the Constitution contends that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of the press. In the past ten years especially, music has been under assault by law makers, prosecutors and critics of morality and taste. One attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. These stickers are used as a form of censorship against an artist and his or her lyric...
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Marilyn Manson Wal Mart
2,023 wordsCensorship in the music industry, which has existed long before forms of media were invented to broadcast the music itself, has seemingly grown out of control in the last couple of years. The controversy comes not just from the bands creating the music but from those who hold the power to censor the music as well. While many support the choice to censor music, many more find it unconstitutional and a direct violation to our rights. It is quite unfortunate that some find it necessary to censor an...
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Freedom Of Speech Censorship Of The Internet
1,407 wordsAs the end of the twentieth century nears, a new tool has emerged as the future of communications, business, news, education, and entertainment. This tool is the Internet, a worldwide network of computers currently connected by phone lines. While it is still in its early stages, it is already being recognized as the best form of reference and advertisement for businesses and personal needs. However, it is also abundant with material considered inappropriate, adult, and vulgar by many people. Man...
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