what is an interesting topic on censorship that i could investigate about?
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Internet censorship in China
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Censorship doesn't make much sense. The word "Jew" for a long time was not allowed in an online Scrabble game. Now they allow it. Does that make sense?\nSince four letter words are not allowed on some sites, some people type f-u-c-k, and the words go through. Does that make sense?\nPeople that use a 4-letter word in every sentence are boring, but how can words hurt us, as the old saying suggests?\nP.S. When I reread what I have just said, I must admit that some words do hurt, especially if they are true, but I don't think that justifies censorship which is subjecting us to another's sensitivities.
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They obviously need to have a high degree of oversight, but to leave it totally to the community can do a great disservice to its students.  All you need is enough short-sighted individuals determined to "fix" schools and the next thing you know they're burning books and teaching religion.  Censorship never taught anyone anything, expcept that the suppression of ideas is dangerous.\n\nMaintaining high academic standards and an unbiased curriculum is everyone's responsibility.
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Censorship is a dirty word, I do think there is such a thing as polite, but we in everyday life are bombarded by mfer this and f that, just turn on HBO or Cinamax, things that go on every afternoon on my tv are soft porn. I find it humorous that we all do the things that we censor ourselves with, I sh*t every morning, I fcuk every night. but I do not want you to pass the fcuking salt at the dinner table. It is really hard to understand why one thing is considered dirty and the same thing is ok. If you get it all figured out let me know.
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That's a rather large topic.  Try the link I provided.
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You should really check out reducingstress.net.(http://www.reducingstress.net ) There is a lot of great content, information articles and links on the subject there.
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If it's a civil rights issue, seek a referral from your local ACLU chapter...other matters, I'd need at least a vague idea of the issue before I could point you in any useful direction.
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in news stories of columbine type massacres they have pointed out how the people were said to have communicated over the Internet.  I hardly see how it would be possible but if the Bushies want to further restrict free speech like in the phone taps they'll figure out a way to do it.  \n\nI can see how you might monitor suspicious subjects but with the mass number of communications over the net don't see how you could ever obtain any useful info.  I can email my uncle that lives across town through a server in Asia, ya know what I mean.
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True, censorship is an attempt to stop the transmission of information to society, but by doing that I think it shows the world that ideas can be soooo powerful that people fear them and want to stop their spread.  That should show people how important thought and the development of ideas is.  It should show people that ideas have the power to change the world.  This should make people want to know and want to think.  Does this happen?  I don’t know, but that is what it does to me and what it should do!
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you'd have to find the original article/story that they've censored and then check it out on the chinese internet to know that.  \n\nit's pretty creepy though - a bit like Winston working for Big Brother to change the past and people's perceptions.  eugh.
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Well, that can be a tricky question. Most censorship and obscenity regulation is set based on what the majority of people find offensive. Sometimes it is not even the material to be censored that is offensive, but studies showing that it leads to something offensive, a study linking obscenity to mistreatment of women as an example. \n\nOfficials either elected or appointed by, elected officials set these guidelines. Who elects these people? The majority of voters elect them. \n\nSo, we have people electing officials and those officials either directly setting censorship guidelines, or appointing other people to set those guidelines. \n\nSo while censorship is set directly be a small number of people, the majority sets those people in place. It's like censorship via proxy. So it is based both on our values and those of others. Democracy is about compromise, keeping things neither to liberal or too conservative.\n\nAs for whether or not censorship is based on your morals, you would have to ask yourself on each issue, are you in the majority, or the minority?
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Most of them don't know about it.  It is never mentioned on the news or in text books.  Censorship is alive and well in China.\n (I had a friend who was studying in China at the time it happened, when he got home about six weeks later and I asked him about it - he hadn't even heard of it).
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The user agreement sets out the terms of use. Censorship occurs when a fellow members reports abuse of the agreement. Yahoo reviews the complaint and has the right to respond in any manner they please. Often the abuse report IS in response to something that is "Politically Incorrect". Remember, you paid nothing to join, you receive nothing for participating, you have no rights, you do not have the right to complain about anything that happens in Yahoo Answers.
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Why HAVE news if you can't get information that may cover crimes, wars, acts of sabotage, or accidents? \n\nWhat about entertainment?  What is the acceptable level of violence there ? \n\nHow can a citizen make an informed decision as to what a government is doing or not doing? We alread have community standards in broadcasting.\n\nAnother question is who is making the decisions?  also what is being catagorized as violence?  Are we censoring out ALL violence or certain kinds? and why? \n\nWe already live in a violent society, what would this censorship protect us from?  \nWhat is the benefit from censorship?
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It is never "OK" to censor anyone. You just need to be intelligent and educated enough to form an honest opinion, stick to it and never be afraid to change or challenge.
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I can't think of a topic since you say you're not interested in politics. Here's a website that might help you though:\nhttp://vos.ucsb.edu/
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you can make an article on "science without conscience"by refering books \n"communication  reasearch and science media in europe" \nby"Alfredo Jose Schwarcz"