Censorship

For starters, censorship is the banning of speech or other public communication that are considered harmful, sensitive or politically incorrect which is determined by the people, media or even government. Censorship is commonly used to avoid conflicts and harmful influence towards other people.

There many examples of censorship. One of the most common censorship we can see in our daily life is in film. Some films may contain violent and sexual scene which is inappropriate towards innocent children. So before movies are released onto the big screen, it must first be examine to categorise it into its category. It is divided into 18>, 13> with the accompany of one adult and general. Did you know that the popular movie, A Good Day to Die Hard was band in England. This is due to the fact that the movie was going to be released in 13 above category but it was banned because of inappropriate language use and physical violence which should have been in 18 above.

So let's turn towards a simpler example, video games. I know, many would prefer a violent and adventurous game compared to plain strategy games. However, games which include warfare, fighting and assassination have bad influence towards children and teenagers mindset. Because they are still in their developing stage towards adulthood, they are keen to mimic from whatever they see. They tend to be more violent and try to do dangerous stunts which may cause severe damage towards their body. One of the popular example was the Sandy Hook massacre. A video gamer called Adam Lanza under the influence of the game called "Call On Duty" had shot and killed 20 children and 6 adult staff member at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. It is considered as the most deadly school shooting in American history. Which is why brutal and erotic games need to be censored for the benefits of the young and immature.

Music are also important factor which may be censored. With all do respect, I am really disappointed with some of the artist today that use inappropriate content in their music videos just to market their songs. I'm sure most of you have heard of Madonna. She is the first ever hottest star to get a music video ( Justify My Love) rejected by MTV as it is deemed too much nudity and bisexuality. One of her music video, "Like A Prayer" had been criticised by religious group because of the burning cross and also the black painted Jesus that had shocked many which eventually caused her TV commercial deal worth $5,000,000 by pepsi cola got cancelled. Her ideology of pushing the boundaries have reached a certain point were it is deemed as gone too far. Although she had millions of fans world wide, she had also offended many in the process. Such idols brings bad influence towards others especially teenagers and children. Now, many artist have also walked the same path in controversial music entertainment such as Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and the hottest debate now which is Miley Cyrus. These kind of music should undeniably be censored without question, as children nowadays can have excess to it with ease through internet.