Pros+and+cons+of+censorship


 * Pros of Censorship**
 * Censorship of pornographic material prevents the corrupting of the children.
 * Religious conflicts are avoided by the censorship of material deemed insulting or offensive to a particular religious community.
 * Censorship is necessary to preserve the secrets of a nation.
 * Censorship is useful in hiding sensitive military information, which could be used by an enemy state.
 * Scenes of people consuming alcohol or smoking influence people to copy them. Hence censoring such scenes serves a useful purpose.
 * People may copy dangerous stunts shown on TV or movies. Censorship proves necessary here.
 * Books may be used to portray wrong information about individuals or groups that could incite violence against them. Censorship would definitely prove helpful here.
 * It can be used to prevent politically motivated propaganda.
 * It protects the privacy of people.
 * Plagiarism is prevented.
 * Abusive scenes in movies may offend some people. Censorship prevents that.
 * It protects indigenous cultures from the bad influence of foreign cultures.
 * It prevents the public display of disrespect to any particular individual or community.
 * It prevents companies from spreading inaccurate or grossly exaggerated claims about their products.
 * It promotes political correctness.
 * Terrorists are prevented from learning about dangerous technology like the atom bomb.
 * Children are prevented from learning things that could harm them and others.
 * It prevents the ill effects of globalization affecting societies.
 * It shields the morals of society.
 * It restrains vulgarity and obscenity.
 * The surfeit of violence in movies and TV is restricted by it.
 * It prevents violence by stopping the broadcast of events, which might trigger it.
 * Cons of Censorship**
 * If sex-related topics are completely censored it becomes difficult to teach children and teenagers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
 * Dictators and dictatorship use it to promote a flattering image of themselves and for removing any information that is negative to them.
 * Freedom of speech is compromised.
 * Religious fundamentalists like the Taliban use them to coerce the population.
 * It encroaches upon the freedom of the press.
 * It prevents the free flow of ideas.
 * It may intrude on the privacy of a person.
 * Withholding of information only leads to ignorance in the society.
 * Censoring of information may lead to a wrong image perceived by the public.
 * It is generally associated with dictatorship.
 * Censorship in books, plays and movies may compromise their entertainment value.
 * Censorship has been misused in the past.
 * It is a force against globalization.
 * It works against creativity.
 * If you hide something from people they will become extra curious about it.
 * It has no place in a truly democratic society.
 * It gives rise to and hides human rights abuses.
 * It is used to control people.
 * There can be different standards of morals among different societies quite different from the imposed ones by the censorship.
 * It may be used to block legitimate criticism.
 * Governments should not control people. It should be the other way round.
 * Individuals have different tastes.
 * It stifles the opposition, broadcasting only a particular point of view.
 * People have a right to know.

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