The War Of Freedom Of Expression
.... he often agrees with the views held by
his clients. Others such as Noam Chomsky, a brilliant intellectual, argue not
for the views expressed, but the ability to express them. Lining up on the
other side of the battle you have: Derek Raymaker, David Kilgour, Victor Ramraj,
and Bruce Elman. They argue that there is definitely a moral place for laws
regarding hate speech, whether they are criminal or not. There was recently a
new development in the Canadian war for freedom of expression. Introduced in
April 1982 was a new and important strategic battleground.
With the Charter of Rights and Freedoms the war could be won or lost b .....
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Violence
.... almost 56% of drinkers also used drugs while drinking. Interestingly,
white males were found to be more abusive than black males. The study showed
direct links from substance abuse to violence and crime.
With drug use and violence rising, a direct correlation can be seen.
Our society has created drug awareness programs in our schools, but obviously
something must be changed in these programs. They simply are not working. The
highest drug abuse numbers are seen in the teen year's age group. We must find
a way to lower these numbers and reduce the number of drug users, especially
children. When we have successfully done t .....
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Evolution Of Media Violence
.... (television).
In 1968 censorship laws were relaxed in favor of a rating system that allowed
any type of subject matter to be filmed. This permitted Hollywood to specialize
in films featuring excessive violence. Many individuals and citizen groups have
expressed concern about the level of violence in television programs,
particularly in action-adventure series and cartoons. They feel that viewers,
especially children, may learn to see violence as the way to resolve conflicts.
Television can influence peoples mental picture of the world. This is
especially true for younger viewers who rely heavily on television and other
media .....
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Outdoors Or TV?
.... a safer
place. Instead of watching TV, I spend my time outside. It is allot more fun
then learning how to fight and kill each other.
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Societies Scapegoat
.... to
write a top ten list of reasons why Christianity sucks. (It's not going to
happen.)
TV is not the reason that our youth courts are filled to capacity with
court dockets so hideous you would swear that you were looking at the start of
the apocalypse. Television programs are not the reason for the apparent
increase in adolescent crime. If you find yourself picking up your kids from
the police station all the time, it's not the TV's fault!!! There are no
significant consequences for youth crime in our justice system. Maybe we should
impose stiffer penalties on violent offenders, instead of more censorship on TV.
Kids would n .....
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Television Violence And Its Effect On Children
.... a week in front of the
television (Neilson 1993). This is almost two times the amount of time that
some children are in school. At this very impressionable age it is no wonder
that the images that kids see sometimes has a profound impact on their behavior.
Fifty-five percent of children watch television with a friend or alone. (TV-Free
America). Too often parents assume that their children are responsible enough to
choose suitable programming. But the sad fact is that even some shows deemed as
“children's television” are violent. A survey in Mediascope showed that a
staggering sixty-six percent of children's programming co .....
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Television
.... the time between 1946 and 1951 the radio market was over taken by
the demand for televisions. Over 3 million sets had been sold by 1951.
1950's were the beginning of the color broadcast. They were done at
night during the week days. In 1957 the first newscast was taped on video
cassette changing the way television shows would be produced forever. In 1957
Public Television was formed.
Since then color television has been reinvented but still remains color
television.
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The TV Generation
.... years of our childhood left then who cares if we
spend it in front of a TV? Which is not to say that we do that anyhow. Perhaps
we use the TV as a way of relaxing before we go off and hit the books for two
hours. Or maybe we use it to spend time with our family. I mean, come on, how
many teenagers enjoy going on family outings with mom, dad, and kid brother?
However, if the TV can gather everyone together on a Sunday afternoon to watch
the "Packers" game then shouldn't mom and dad be happy? On the other hand,
there is such a thing as bad TV. Sex and violence is plastered all over our
brains with a flick of a switch and I .....
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TV Violence And Children
.... how they should solve their problems. MTV's Beavis and
Butt-head encourages fire, smoking, foul language, drinking and stealing. With
these bad attitudes seen depicted as normal on TV shows kids are lead to
believe it is cool be have that type attitude Is this what we really want our
society, especially our younger generation, to believe?
If we truly thought that television had no impact on viewers, why would
companies spend billion of dollars on television advertising? If commercials
have an effect, then so do the shows that the children watch. For example,
youngsters mimic many of the violent acts that they see s .....
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Violence In The Media
.... than there
are actual scenes of acting. These movies are aimed at the lowest common
denominator because intelligent movie goers are as extinct as the Dodo bird.
Movies like Showgirls make more money than Panther because they are more fun,
not because they are better. It will always be this way. The government should
not, and can not, keep us from seeing what we want to see.
Just for a moment, let's pretend we live in a future where TV containing
sex or violence is illegal, and so are video games and any other medium. Now, if
we want to see sex, under agers are going to have sex. If you can't get sex in
the media, you're going .....
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Minstrels
.... nor was there a means for
people to learn about news events. There was no television or radio in medieval
times. Even books were very scarce. Minstrels served to entertain the public.
They made up songs, stories, and repeated ballads and folk tales popular during
this time. Traveling from town to town minstrels were also a source of news.
This would share information with the townspeople of the village. The
townspeople would share this news with the minstrels who would then share this
news with the townspeople in the next village in which they performed.
Each country in medieval Europe had their own type of minstrel. Eac .....
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Chivalry
.... At the end,
there still was a winner, and the winner ended up with more respect and
admiration from those concerned that had he fought without chivalry. What am I
getting at? Capitalism can be much the same way. American businesses have taken
advantage of this system though, a system that one can cheat in and get away
with, instead of being honorable and respectable institutions that children
could look up to. So many things are like this that I just shake my head and
sigh when I think about them - is American just a scam? Where did all the honor
and respect go? In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Gawain made a promise to
the .....
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