censorship

A collection of controversial essays that debate various issues related to censorship including protests at funerals and offensive language and speech in schools.

Presents a transcript of the debate between Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Bruce Taylor, executive director of the National Law Center for Children and Families, over the issue of Web censorship, and features an audio recording of the debate from National Public Radio's "Justice Talking" on CD-ROM. Includes a summary of arguments and a selection of primary source documents.

Explores the origin of the assumption that minors are harmed by sexual expression, and/or speech about violence, drugs, alcohol, suicide, religion, racism, and other troublesome themes, beginning with the theories of Plato and Aristotle; and traces the history of censorship exercised on behalf of children.

Examines recent federal lawsuits involving attempts to censor or ban geology, history, home economics, literature, and other textbooks.

Discusses various things individuals can do to fight back against censorship.

A collection of essays confronting the censorship issue, including six authors' views and defenses of individual books.

When an illiterate dictator bans all reading and writing, an old man devises an ingenious system of printing messages and poems for the people.

Discusses the history of censorship in all forms, its religious, political, and moral aspects, and its impact on society.

A report written to help anyone who is in a situation where the problem of censorship occurs and must be dealt with.

Examines the controversy, provides a chronology of events, and links the events to key statements by well-known persons in the chronology.