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1- Some people believe that the society must ban violent and
pornographic scenes from being broadcast on TV, while others believe
in order to have an open society, the law of censorship must be totally
abolished.
What is your opinion?
Use specific reasons o support your point of view.
Censorship is widely practiced
all over the world, as it is supposed to protect
people against the harm caused by the violent and pornographic scenes
broadcast on TV; however, in my opinion probably the
most obvious example
of intolerance in our society today is the existence of censorship.
First, I have yet to encounter a valid argument for any form of censorship.
Such arguments as are presented invariably take the form of concern for the
well-being of others, children frequently being the alleged victims quoted. The
arguments are specious and shallow and constitute nothing more than the
imposition of one group’s morality on another.
Furthermore, as it stands, the current position is farcical. A small group of
officials, comprising
customs clerks, policemen and arbitrarily-appointed
members of various tribunals, are, to take one example, apparently deemed
by law to be invulnerable to those supposedly corrupting influences of
pornography and violence. However, should these people
retire or change
their employment, they suddenly join the masses becoming corruptible like the
rest of us and must now be protected
However, I much acknowledge that the violence and
pornography shown on
TV may inflict some harm on the youth and teenagers in our society. It may
increase the rate of sex crime or violence in our community. I believe the
harmful effects of these scenes can never be denied.
In conclusion, censorship is an all or nothing situation and even if proof can be
made of harm to some through
the absence of censorship, it is a price well
worth paying to ensure an open society in which each of us determines our
own behaviour.
(270 words)
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