Philosophy vs. Censorship

Violence is a human act, acted out by humans since the dawn of humankind. Even before television was created, books published, or art drawn, humans portrayed violent acts. Would you agree the description of nudity is crude, as in Ulysses’ “Odyssey”? Is the sculpture of Michelangelo’s “David”, a nude yet biologically correct interpretation of a man considered pornography? Is the movie, “Romeo and Juliet”, violent and stained with obscenity not a director’s portrayal of a famous book by Shakespeare, a brilliant writer? Do these works of art and education teach us to be violent, or do we enjoy them for entertainment value? Who has the power to decide what we can or can not enjoy?
A censor, defined as “an official with the power to examine literature, mail, and remove anything considered obscene or objectionable”, (Guralnik 101) suppresses the freedom of independence and personal liberty of authors and artists. It allows one person’s interpretation to speak fo...