Saturday, May 19, 2007

Censorship can never be justified. Do you agree?

Yes, i agree to a small extent.

Censorship: A topic that has brought about several controvesarial issues in our society recently.

The topic of 'Censorship' is a subject that has been discussed many times, be it local context or even overseas. For example, even within our nation alone, many had commented about censorship in our local television programmes broadcast on Channel 8.

Some claimed that there has been too much censorship in the drama serials that it has ''eroded'' entertainment, that is suppose to incorporate in these shows. Many had also commented that there's too much censorship in the rating of the movie. For example, the movie 'The Da Vinci Code' was rated NC16. The reason for the move: It was to prevent the influence of religious belief.

However, others refute that censorship is there to protect young children (aged 6-10, in my opinion) from programmes that exhibit images of violence, killings and etc.

But my question is how much so could censorship change our perspective of violence and other 'censored' programmes. On a daily basis, we are exposed to various forms of influence be it directly or indirectly.

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