The debate of censorship and freedom of expression is a never-ending battle in .
which no single side stands victorious. There is so much going on in America today .
that it's easy for some and yet difficult for others to label the actions and materials .
put out by other Americans as offensive or non-offensive. People who are behind .
censorship claim that by banning or blocking this dangerous content, they are .
making America a better place, but in doing so they are demeaning what this .
country was built on, freedom. American citizens are constructed around the ideas .
of praying to whom they want, believing in what they want, and even having the .
opportunities to go after what they want in their lives. But, there are some who .
wish to take these opportunities away. Some who feel their doing their "patriotic" .
duty as an American citizen by eliminating the most important thing to the people .
of America, and that's freedom. Although the individuals depicted in the articles .
"Hitler T-shirt Fails E. Islip Dress Code", by Katti Gray, "Burning Banners And .
Sacred Cows", by John Stossel, and "T.V.'s Family Hour Loaded With Sexual .
Content, Says Study" , by CNN Interactive, believe that they are doing what a good .
American should, they are only adding to the ultimate destruction of America's .
society. The first Amendment of the US Constitution states "Congress shall make .
no law prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or .
of the press; or the right of the people to petition the Government." The right for .
people to express themselves is one of the most important parts of being an .
American citizen. If this freedom is allowed to be taken away, then the eyes, ears, .
and mouths of every American should be taken away as well.
The first article, "Hitler T-shirt Fails E-Islip Dress Code", by Katti Gray, is .
about a boy named Anthony Traficante who wore an Adolf Hitler T-shirt to his East .