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Essay / We Need Censorship - 1929
We Need CensorshipIt won't kill us to set limits, but it might if we don't. This is why it is JUSTIFIABLE to limit the freedom of expression of adults: it is in the best interests of our society to protect children. Lional Tate is just one example of a kid gone bad because of the media. Tate imitated his idol The Rock, killing a six-year-old girl by smashing her skull, pulverizing her liver, breaking her ribs and causing numerous cuts and bruises. If that's not enough of an example, what about the New Jersey teenager who simply listened to Ozzy Osborne's "Suicide Solution" and killed himself? These are not random events, we hear about them frequently on the news. If our freedom of speech harms children, why can't we solve the problem by not allowing them access to it? Argument number one: People, especially children, are very likely to be influenced by what they watch or see happening throughout their lives. ยป Monkey see, Monkey does it. Everyone has heard this phrase in their life. This sentence is simple, but entirely applicable to today's debate. When a child sees someone or something doing something. Of course, they will follow suit and imitate the action performed. Children don't know any better. They are therefore innocent and deserve to be respected. It is for the following reasons that we advocate for censorship of harmful content that could incite one or more children to commit violent acts, expressions, and other dangerous actions. Through television, video games and movies, children and adolescents view countless acts of violence, brutality and terror as part of entertainment. They are conditioned to associate violence with entertainment. First-person shooter video games develop our children's skills in handling weapons. The games reward marksmanship and further reinforce the association between killing and entertainment. In the past, the heroes of movies and TV shows were usually people who strictly followed the law. However, heroes are often people who take justice into their own hands, who notice an injustice or an evil and seek to remedy it personally, sometimes brutally, whatever the consequences. Such representations signal, for a child, the approval of this behavior by society..