Censorship within these United States is not only an immoral and

big-brotherly practice, but also an insult to all of those who call

themselves US citizens. Every day censors everywhere try to sanitize

TV, radio, print, and even the Internet. They deem what should and

should not be viewed by John Q. Viewer. Each day in every medium of

life, they tare suppressing our free spirits and restraining our

thoughts.

We all have been giving the ability to intelligently think for ourselves

and make our own intelligent decisions. We all right from wrong and are

freethinking liberated people. The fore founders of this indeed blessed

and splendid country also granted us many rights that are documented

within the US Constitution. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press

are both guaranteed to all of us in the glorious first ten amendments to

the Constitution-�the Bill of Rights.

Somewhere along the line, someone got the idea that Americans are not

smart enough to view "questionable" and "objectionable" material. We

are being told what we can and can not see and that is a travesty.

Government organizations, such as the FCC, routinely and systematically

>subjugate and suppress the freedoms that we have to express ourselves as

>backed by the Bill of Rights. They edit radio broadcasts, place

"black-bars" over televised images, and even try to refine works of

literature so that they meet certain "standards."

As US citizens, we should be appalled that such practices are allowed.

Not only are we deprived of rights, be we are denied wants. If I want

to go home and turn on my TV to see a woman sans clothes and hear

frequent vulgarities, then by all means I as a citizen of this free

country should be allowed. The majority of us want to view things

deemed "degenerate" or "depraved." This is why a FOX broadcast of car

crashes and animal attacks fetch the network its highest ratings.

Howard Stern has taken his Saturday night television show on CBS and in

most markets quadrupled the ratings in that time slot for the 18-34 year

old male demographic.

It should not be the responsibility or even the job of the FCC or any

other wacky Right Wing philanthropist group to tell me I can see, hear,

and read. That is my job. They are only performing a great disservice

to the humble people of this country. To me personally it is a great

insult. Someone has decided that I am no where near intelligent enough

to decide what I should be feasting my mind on and what I should not be.

It is my own choice to do so and they should be expending their funds on

much more meaningful and important things-�not whether or not the "f"

word is said on TV or weather a nipple is shown hear or there. Take the

millions pumped into censorship each year and feed some starving

families or build a shelter for homeless people. How asinine is it that

government officials spend our tax money blocking us from what we want?

Morally, censorship is wrong and a violation of my free will. I by no

means feel that this country should develop any loose ethics or shoddy

morals, but give the people what they want!

As Americans we need to get up and stand up for our rights. Even

though it is close to impossible, we must demand the cessation of the

methodical, precise, and exact censoring of our TV shows, radio shows,

books, and web pages at once! We must exercise our freedom of speech

and relentlessly command the things that entertain us.