dy that disagreed?Well, they were paid off by the National Broadcasting Company that justshows how guilty they are of producing violence from television.Another study shows that American children are having sexualintercourse at an average age of 16. If the television was notcensored as much as it is today these things would be much worse, ourchildren would be sexual active at very young ages and crime rateswould shoot upward. A civilization does not rise in the strength ofits laws, however. It rises on the strength of its values. Whatvalues are we teaching by not having censorship in our society? No itsnot freedom of speech and its not freedom of the press. It is decency.What all civilized social orders, including our own, have consistentlyidentified as decent, civilized behavior. The real threat to therepublic is not what might happen to rights, but what is happening to asociety grown dangerously out of touch with its own standards andvalues. At the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California a 17 year oldgirl was raped while more than 50 people watched, is that what ourvalues should be? Social orders are established, governments areformed and laws are passed for one reason and one reason only, toprotect the people. Part of that task has to do with protecting peopleagainst themselves, against the degrading and the uncivilizedinfluences that corrupt life and are every bit harmful as a blow to thehead or a gun in the rips.----------------------------------------------------------- For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled andchallenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. Theseauthors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and lifeto be like at some future time. One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work,Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic look at a man and his role in society.Bradbury utilizes the luxuries of life in America today, in addition tovario...
