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Creative Writing > Essays Essay: Censorship is impossible: 6 of 6

Our government has, for the last century or so, been very concerned about what we see, hear and read. Despite the prohibitions in the Constitution, government, on nearly all levels, seems to believe that they should set limits as to what we will be allowed to see on stage or on television, hear on the radio, and buy at the bookstore. From a city government banning topless dancing to the federal government trying to impose "standards" for the internet, government has tried to set rules, impose restrictions, and generally censor everything that comes into our hands. Twelve years ago I publis...
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