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In the Constitution of the United States, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, the right to assemble and to petition the government; the Ninth Amendment says, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people". So it seems one cannot use any of the other rights to quell the rights of an individual or group. Then why is the government trying to censor literature, movies, music and art? All of the world’s modern society has become desensitized and easily trainable. Therefore society has come to accept the ideals, morals, and values driven into the psyche by the dominant forces in the nation: the Government and the Church. By quieting the objective voice these two institutions stand in the lead and stay in control.

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2. Ads for 83 out of 118 video games rated M for violence were targeted at the same age group.

The status of the system as a voluntary guide, geared toward informing parents, should also make such brazen marketing behavior no surprise. Only the seldom-used NC-17 actually prohibits the attendance of minors. The R-rating merely requires the accompaniment of an adult. An NC-17 rating remains a virtual commercial death sentence for a film, but R-rated movies have just become more and more graphic as producers cut just enough material to get an R. Thus, it makes economic sense for the industry to market R-rated films to minors, with the expectation that they will either urge their parents to take them or sneak in themselves. The Federal Trade Commission also reported that underage kids could sneak into R-rated movies almost fifty percent of the time. And, of course, once the movie reaches video, it is even more accessible.

R-rated movies are forbidden fruit, said Dr. James Brush, a child psychologist with a practice in Monfort Heights. “The material is interesting to young teen-agers. Not only is it forbidden fruit, it's often active, violent, sexually oriented material that they're curious about and interested in looking at. Plus, if one friend has seen it, they talk about it. They don't want to feel left out (Movie boy 3.)”

Theatre owners voluntarily enforce the guidelines. Currently, about 85% of theatres in the United States subscribe to this system and will not admit individuals under seventeen to R-rated movies without a parent/guardian present. Even

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