Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language :: essays research papers

Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language Why the !@#$ would any &*$% head want to censor @#$ &*$% offensive language? I mean what the !@#$?? Did any of that offend anyone? Would it if I had used the actual words? I hope it wouldn't because I sure didn't intend for it to. But then again, if it did, well, don't take this personally, but, you don't need to be reading this. I'm sorry, but I am not forcing you to. No one is. Close your eyes if someone puts it in front of you, sing the Macarena a loud if someone reads it to you, whatever. The fact of the matter is, freedom of speech is the law. I have in my hand, not that you would know this, the Constitution of the United States of America. In this constitution, there is this little thing called the Bill of Rights which contains the first ten amendments, the first being the freedom of speech. Article I of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law†¦abridging the freedom of speech." Translated, this asserts that I can say what ever the !@#$ I want to.†  Ooh, I'm sorry, I hope you closed your eyes and washed your ears out with soap. If not, too $%@# bad! My belief is that nothing should be censored. Nothing. It is every person's right and responsibility to shield him or herself from any language and other audio and visual provided I do not say anything false which could hurt another person's reputation messages that is found demeaning to the individual. One person may find my !@#$%& language offensive, yet another may find my language rather humorous and meaningful. I feel that when I use offensive language, I am more thoroughly stressing my point. Allow me to demonstrate my point. I have just been shot in the knee cap on my way to the Noble Prize Award Dinner, and I will now be disqualified as a contestant for the Noble Peace Prize. I then say to the bad man, "Ow†¦that hurt. Why†¦did you†¦do†¦that†¦to me?" The man who has done this awful deed will feel no remorse and carry on whistling It's a wonderful life. Now, let's try this again with a more meaningful message. "Son of a !@%$#!!! What the !@#$ did you @#$ &*$% do that for you #$%& ^*%&$ #$$ %&$% $&*% &$ $%*$%????" The man will now have a better sense of what pain he has brought me. He will still obviously run and hide and do nothing about what he did, but he'll more than likely feel more guilty for what he did.