Censorship is NOT Good Essay -- Censor

censorship censorship, a controversial word that has been with us since who knows when. Ancient dictators would burn books because they didnt give care them and force people to believe what he did. The question I ask myself though is if censorship in Libraries and schools is justified. My answer is no, and that is what I result try to convince you. Censorship is ridiculous, unfair and selfish, and censors are hypocritical, intolerant, and arrogant. What I recollect when I say censorship is ridiculous is exactly that. In Censorship Opposing Viewpoints, it states that the American Heritage Dictionary was banned from Anchorage, Alaska because of words dubbed obscene, like bed, tail, ball, and nut. At first we laugh at it, but we stop when we find it has also been banned in Cedar City, Indiana, and Eldon, Missouri. % other dictionaries were banned in Texas. These people that ban them call themselves People for Better Education. I mind dictionaries help you learn? An article in Schol astic Update empower The Case of the disappearing Books it says last year there were 338 cases of parents trying to slay books, among these was the classic Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. A teacher was fired because she designate a book with a lesbian as a important character. A parent, Ruth Somoro, said this was being intolerant of religious beliefs, and schools arent supposed to promote religious beliefs. Hmm, I dont follow it. The Supreme Court ruled books couldnt be removed because they shun ...