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CensorshipThe freedom to read is essential to the egalitarian way of life. But today, thatfreedom is under attack. Private groups and macrocosm regime e very(prenominal)where areworking to remove both books and semimonthlys from sale, to exclude accredited booksfrom public schools, to censor and silence magazines and news stems, and tolimit "controversial" books and periodicals to the general public. The inhibition of reading materials is suppression of creative thought. Books andperiodicals are not the only ones organism suppressed by pressures to the politicaland social systems. They are also being brought against the educational system,films, radio, television, and against the graphic and theatre arts. However orwhenever these attacks occur, they usually run into at least one of the followingcategoriesReligionWar &type A Peace (Violence)Sociology & RaceLanguageDrugsSexInappropriate stripling BehaviourWhat is stain? Clearly something hard to talk about constru ctively."Obscenity" is difficult to discuss honestly. After all, what makes a thingobscene? It is Something similarly vague perhaps to be defined. Its an elusive termwe use, unless cant explain. contrastive people often see things differently. Somesee obscenity in nude pictures, statues, paintings, etc. While others find lessobscenity in these things. All the same, "obscene" isnt the same as "wrong" or" shitty". Clearly obscenity is not identical with evil. It only covers a acesegment of it. But what is that segment? A look at the linguistic process "obscenity" and"pornography" suggests that it is a segment that didnt worry people very muchtill relatively recently.Though censorship was known in english law quite early on, it wasnt forobscenity but for unorthodoxy and sedition."Undue" exploitation of sex" is what illegal law in Canada prohibits. This is how criminal law defines obscenity.But it is rather vague. It does nt differentiate between "ordinary obscenity"and "hard-core pornography." The first denoting the ordinary run of "girliemagazines and the second denoting pictures , literature and so on that deal withrape, sadism, masochism, bestiality, necrophilia and other perversions. Peopletend to intent far more to "hard-core pornography." Another distinctionunfortunately overlo... ...m that in the main frowns upon the violence againstwomen. There should indeed be access to most types of literature, but in varyingdegrees of freedom, determined not by censorship, but by controlled access.Parents are trying to protect their children from the harsh realities of life,but are they truly helping, or hindering?BibliographyThe Censorship Iceberg The results of a survey of challenges in school andpublic libraries. By Dr. David Jenkins. School Libraries in Canada. Fall, 1985.v.6 n.1 p19-22Sanitized textbooks take a hop a pious paradise that never was. By June Callwood.The Globe and Mail. ring 18, 1987. pA2-A3Suffer the little children. By Janet Collins. Books in Canada. October 1991.v.20 n.7 p25-27Court bans humanist books from Alabama public schools. By Robin Toner. TheGlobe and Mail. March 5, 1987. pA10Censorship in the childrens library. By Rupert Colley. The Junior Bookshelf.June 1990. v.54 n.3 p121-123Censorship News. Spring 1985. n20Limits of criminal law - obscenity a test case. By The Law Reform Commissionworking paper no. 10. p7-9Censorship stopping the book banners. By the book and periodical developmentcouncil. August 1988. p1-17