Thursday, November 28, 2013

censorship

What do I think about censorship..? I think its a misunderstood under utilized, convenient way of misconstruing Americas expressive rights. With that being said, I do think that some form of moderation is needed so that we don't end up with 6 year old's looking at porn at bed time, or an over 21 age limit on purchasing government indorsed news articles. In America books, movies, and games use a rating system to show what audience it was intended for and any rating higher then M (for games) PG13 (for movies) or mature (for books) require either an ID or parental guidance upon purchase. This would be a good system if it weren't for the fact that it sucks. When I was in middle school I had listened to all of the realistic fiction audio books in our library's teen section and I was ready to move onto the YA/ adult fiction section, but they would not let 13 year old me check them out without a parent. This not only sucks, but its just not fair. I was an avid reader and was mentally capable of reading higher level books. Now, I don't think everyone should have to complete a knowledge and intuition test before receiving a library card, to determine what they are and aren't allowed to read. That sounds too much like Communism. But I do think we need to mediate a system for censoring. Most library's have a kids, teens, young adult, and adult section. That's a god thing, we did a good thing there but we need to figure out how we can monitor media. Books and games are WAY over censored, and that needs to change because we all know its out there on the internet for whoever wants it. Don't get me started on that...

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