Hello Readers 
What is Censorship?
Censorship is the ability to prevent something from being published. If you think something is inappropriate or will offend someone else you can censor it and it will no longer be published.
Why are things censored?
Things are censored because they are inappropriate or will offend someone in anyway. My favorite singer Taylor Swift has a song out called ” Tear Drops on My Guitar. ” When you listen to this song on her CD she says a swear word in it. When you watch the music video for it she took out the swear word and adds other words in its place. You can watch the censored music video here. This is a form of censorship. Not being able to publish something because of inappropriate language.
Do you think there are “good” reason to censor some material?
Yes I do think that there are good reasons to censor some material. I think if some material is offending, disrespectful, or inappropriate it is a good reason to censor it. I don’t think people should be allowed to publish something that will hurt someone else.
Mr. Fisher wrote a post on his Remote Access blog talking about the terrorism video, and why he didn’t want this one picture being published.
Do you think I (Mr. Fisher) was right in censoring the terrorism video?
Yes, I think that you were right in censoring the video, but when I watched the video without the picture I still understood what they were talking about. Although I think that the picture makes it more noticeable.
Until Next Time, Toni 
2 responses so far ↓
1 Derek // May 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Hi. I agree that things are censored because the material may offend some people. I also think that things are censored because it might make something/someone look bad.
I watched that Taylor Swift video. I could have never told that the song was censored. Still, it is a form of censorship.
I also agree that nobody should be able to publish something that would hurt anybody. That’s just disrespectful when you do that.
I’m not sure if Mr. Fisher made the right decision, because censorship can be both good and bad, it all depends on how you use it.
That’s about it. Great post!
2 Ashley.M // May 1, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hey Toni!
I really think you did a good job on this post and I agree with you that Mr.Fisher did the right thing. That is only one picture but it makes the video seem more understandable but we don’t want people to get really offended by it so he did the right thing and took it out.
Well Great Job.
Ashley.M
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