Censorship in many ways consists of any attempt to suppress information, points of view, or method of expression. There are however circumstances when censorship is needed in order to maintain the status quo and/or to control the development of a society. In a society such as ours today, censorship is needed to protect us from our selves.
I think that censorship is justified under certain circumstances. One example of this justification would be during a time of war. It is the governments responsibility to secure the lives of their soldiers and therefore it is important that they can control the flow of information concerning their tactical moves. Another instance where censorship is justified is during the news coverage of disasters, terrorist or natural. Here I think that dead, mutilated people should not be show
Nudity is another issue that I think is being way over censored. By this I do not mean hardcore pornography or women in explicit positions, but simply the naked body. In Europe people are more liberal and do not have any problems with nudity where as the U.S. has a different attitude. An example of this was during the last super bowl when the t.v. station cut the broadcast because Janet Jackson\'s breast was exposed. Everyone else there got to enjoy the show, why didn’t the t.v. audience get to? This should be a warning sign for the U.S. to stop and rethink its polices concerning nudity, and the censoring of it.
As you can see there are many arguments both for and against censorship. The list goes on and on but at the end of the day the answer still is, yes it’s justified. The truth is we need censorship in order to maintain our way of life and to prote