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10. Rape Video game In 2006, Japanese gaming company Illusion Soft released a pornographic PC video game called Rape lay, which allowed the player to sexually assault women in various scenarios and environments. The game encouraged players to force the female characters they rape to have an abortion. If they are allowed to give birth, the woman throws the player’s character under a train. It also allows multiple players to team up against an individual woman. It was originally sold in Japan and resurfaced in 2009 in the Amazon Marketplace. Unsurprisingly, many complaints were made, which led to Amazon removing it from their site. 9. I Love Hitler In April 2008 Amazon were forced to remove distasteful “I Love Hitler” t-shirts following complaints …show more content…

It discusses how pedophiles are misunderstood and even includes first-person descriptions of sexual encounters, written from a child’s point of view. The book sparked an online uproar and was immediately removed from the site. Prior to the removal, Amazon had defended the sale of the book on the grounds that they didn’t believe in censoring authors based on their objectionable message. Following the ban, author Phillip Ray Greaves was arrested after sending a signed copy of his book to …show more content…

In response, Wikileaks expressed disappointment, insisting that it was a breach of their freedom of speech. Representatives even took to Twitter to declare that if Amazon was "so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books.” This isn’t the first time Amazon has been forced to take action following US government intervention. In October 2015 the book entitled “Nobody Died At Sandy Hook” was removed because it contained evidence and opinions that disagreed with the government's version of what happened at the Sandy Hook school shootings in

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Parents were going into schools demanding books be taken off the shelves because of language, sexuality and “lack of moral.” Book banning satisfied their need to feel in control of their kids lives. I found myself at the center of the storm, said Judy. Her books were being challenged daily, often put on restricted shelves.

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the content of the non-fiction novel, which detail the brutal murder of a prosperous Kansas farmer and his family are apparently too macabre for some…” (latimes.com). In Savannah, Georgia parents also were the cause for the book to be banned in an English Advanced Placement class, “... a parent complained that it contained sex, violence, and profanity” (weebly.com). This book was mainly challenged by parents because they believed their children were not yet mature enough to handle the book’s

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Instead of allowing Dugard to exploit Phillip for her torturous captivity, school boards want to ban it for language. Hiding this novel conceals the fact that he kidnapped and raped an 11-year old girl almost daily. The only reason this novel is banned is because it’s the truth of what Garrido did to a poor girl, which was offensive and graphic, she did not make it up to better her story. Jaycee explained in the beginning of her novel her reasons for writing this, and the main reason she did was, “Phillip Garrido believes no one should find out what he did to an 11-year old girl… I believe I shouldn’t be ashamed for what happened to me, and I want Phillip Garrido to know that I no longer have to keep his secret” (Dugard 1).

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but that just like movies parental guidance is suggested so it makes sense that it should be banned but not for someone older who wouldn’t get distracted from the overall message. Child molestation is another reason this book was banned. Jeannette Walls talks about living with different relatives of the family and one of them attempting to do stuff with her and another time trying to do stuff with her little brother. It is made clear in the book that this wasn’t acceptable behavior on the adults part so I understand and agree that it isn’t for those younger than the age of sixteen.

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Censorship The United States Government is finding new ways to censor citizen’s freedom. Are they taking it too far by removing online content and books that might be considered offensive to the general public. The government should not take away offensive reading content for three reasons. Firstly all citizens should not be limited to what books they are allowed to read considering we have been granted freedom from the government with the first Amendment. Secondly, books are people’s best teachers and provide real life knowledge for kids and adults who are trying to comprehend subjects that we not taught throughout the many years of education.

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These details, as controversial as they may be, are meant to build the story and add emphasis, but they are not the purpose of the story. To remove these books from schools removes the world's life lessons and values from the

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“It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely,” (LII). The government has no right to take away the voice of another person. Although some may argue that the problem was that students were being forced to read the book as a part of their high school curriculum. Which is proven by the number of complaints that came from parents concerning the analysis of the book in schools because it was offensive towards their religious views.once again proving the point that censorship is in place to protect or satisfy a particular group of people. This point is not true, however,in the long run, the article “about banned and challenged books” says “Books that are part of a curriculum are there for a reason, they contain a message or theme or a life lesson that growing minds should be taught,”(ALA).

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For instance, in accordance with the article, “Parental Groups Seek to Ban Books in Florida Schools” by Cesar Guadamuz, a chair of the Indian River County branch of Moms for Liberty, Jennifer Pippen, expresses her concerns of these mature texts: ‘“There is no educational value to children reading about rape, incest, bestiality, pedophilia, sexually explicit content or sexual acts,” Pippin said. “The statutes are in place to protect children from the authors, publishers and the people who want to sexualize children.” ’ Book ban supporters insist that these facts are crucial, because Pippen explains her worry for minors today as children should not be exposed to topics that could severely harm them in a metal state and that adults simply want their children to grow up reading clean, educational literature. These supporters have many reasons why they support the bans, but it is proven that by removing these pieces of literature, it will be harder for children to be exposed to real-life situations and characters with deep stories that relate to

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Earlier this month, a “sexting ring” at Canon City High School in Colorado was uncovered by school authorities. Involved were minors and legal adults, who had scandalist pictures and images of naked minors. This has brought upon the question of, “How do you prosecute and punish those involved in these acts?” Those responsible for these acts must take the punishment which they are served when the time comes. The judge is gathering the information and having the ones involved questioned.

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Today, the attempt to censor artistic products comes mainly from organized pressure groups. Ironically, Bradbury's publishers, unknown to him, bowdlerized Fahrenheit 451 —that is, "cleaned up" or deleted some of the language that Bradbury used—in order to make the book saleable to the high school market. Since the advent of films, television, and the internet, efforts to limit access by children to certain types of material in these media has persisted to this day. The general method has been to have producers of these media rate the programs and place the burden of responsibility on parents to censor what children see in the movies, watch on television, or have access to on computers. While Americans are guaranteed free speech and free press in the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, a history of censorship has nevertheless existed in this country.

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One of the key principles that make the country great is our freedom to say, write, and read whatever we want. Despite this, countless public figures and schools have chosen to restrict access to certain books, whether it’s in order to protect political correctness or explicit sexual content and violence. Rarely do these people stop and consider the dire effects book banning might have on both students and society as a whole. An author does not write because they are looking to offend someone, they right because they have a story to share. The First Amendment of the Constitution not only works to protect this right to the fullest extent possible, but also serves to protect the rights of the people that choose to be offended by these stories.

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Is Censorship Still a Problem? Censorship may seem to be a problem washed away with the First Amendment of the Constitution, but it is actually a rampant problem in some parts of the country, including the masked target of Vonnegut’s letter You Have Insulted Me. Censorship is actually taking hold of many schools elementary and collages alike, from liberals demanding that all “offensive” texts, flags, statues, arts, and writings be banned and kept away to parents wanting their little babies to be kept out of the way of words. The censorship at hand is much like the early stages of what Bradbury wrote about in his famous book Fahrenheit 451 in which, all books are cleansed from the earth through the quick hands of fire. The passages of Bradbury

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The trembling didn’t help as I tried to hurry to-” sorry but the Rockingham County School Board has banned this book due to the mature themes and sexual content. This book isn’t the only one that’s being banned based on the contents it contains and it certainly won’t be the last. In an online article What People Object To When They Ban Books, written by Sarah Begley, “While violence and substance use both make the top 10, sexually explicit content draws far more criticism, ranking the No. 1 most cited reason for seeking to ban a book.” (Begley) Every book has a main point or

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Also, some say that you should not be exposing bad behavior or language to students but in reality they hear and see these things everyday, and by banning a book, that is not protecting them. Writers have the freedom to write whatever they want and that is a part of the First Amendment, so why banned their book? “The First Amendment allows individuals to speak, publish, read and view what they wish, worship (or not worship) as they wish, associate with

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