Reflection

By choosing "Censorship" as my topic for this semester, it made it easy because it was a fun and relevant topic, which wasn't hard to find sources for. The most important thing that i learned about censorship is that it cannot be set inside a boundary because so many different people hae different ideas of what should be censored. So the best advice i can give you regarding censorship is to not worry about it, because like most things in America you alone don't have the power to change it.
Of all of the blogs that i wrote, i think the best one is this one because it's the last one. The only thing i wish i would have done more of was commenting. The thing that i did best was finish my blogs quickly so that i could do stuff that i would have more fun with. The thing i liked about blogging is that you can do it anywhere at any time as long as there's a computer, plus it saves paper.
The easiest part of the whole class was the vocab because i already knew most of it. Whereas the hardest part of the class was waking up just so i could make it. I also enjoyed reading other students blogs because they add perspective which is important and enjoyable to most people's lives.

Should television shows be censored?

"Without censorship of television, how else can you, the American public, have the protection you want from vulgar scenes, over-exposed bodies, and all the other sights you like to see?" In his article written to the American people, 1960's comedian Patrick Paulsen supports censorship of television shows. He claims "Censorship is not Unconstitutional. Censors have the right to censor what you hear. The Bill of Rights says nothing about Freedom of Hearing." The reason why this article is relevant and interesting is that Paulson had his own show on TV which was often censored. ". . . the censors on our show are not unreasonable. . ." he says. "Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional right of every American to sit alone in the dark, in the nude and cuss."

Although this article is from the 60's, and a lot has obviously changed, i still say that it is up to the television station to decide what they want to put on, and decide if it should be censored or not. The problem i have is with the lack of reporting on more important issues such as the war on poverty or the war in the Middle East. In a way, corporate networks are censoring what they don't want us to hear by putting other, less important things on TV. Hopefully someday people will become more straight-forward, but until then people have to form their own opinions and search for the answers they want.