"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing."

- Guy Montag, Fahrenheit 451, pg. 51

"I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense."

- Guy Montag, Fahrenheit 451, pg. 82

"What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives."

- Captain Beatty, Fahrenheit 451, pg. 107

"Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences."

- Captain Beatty, Fahrenheit 451, pg. 115

"The sun burnt every day. It burnt Time. The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him. So if he burnt things with the firemen and the sun burnt Time, that meant that everything burnt!"

- Guy Montag, Fahrenheit 451, pg. 141

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A Normative Theory expresses a judgment about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable, and is based upon some moray or standard. The world would be a better place if the moon were made of green cheese, is a normative statement because it expresses a judgment about what ought to be. Notice that there is no way of disproving this statement. If you disagree with it, you have no sure way of convincing anyone, who believes the statement, that it is incorrect.

A Positive Theory expresses an opinion on a condition, assuming what is, and that contains no indication of approval or disapproval and is not based on any standard. Notice that a positive statement can be incorrect. The moon is made of green cheese, is incorrect, but it is a positive statement because it is a statement about what exists.

Censorship in Australia is the banning or control of content "believed" to threaten the political, social or moral order of country.

Ethics and Politics are the main driving forces of Censorship. These two issues are regularly in conflict with other ethics and politics of different people, communities, states and territories. As history has proven, Ethics and Politics of Censorship changes radically and very swiftly throughout the World.

Australian Government imposed Censorship is not always discussed with all or even part of some affected populations or individuals prior to implementation. This is not always seen as a good thing and most believe that some issues concerning basic rights, selective application and segregated Censoring and are being abused, incorrectly or unfairly imposed or overly imposed by the Censors.

However, there a definitely some issues that should be either banned, restricted or more tightly monitored and controlled, and some of these are also Internationally recognised and agreed to in cooperation.

A type of "unsuccessful" censorship example in Australia is yet another recent failed attempt to restrict certain internet sites and content. This was a very costly tax payer funded failure as some of these blocked sites were legitimate businesses or harmless information sites and had nothing to do with any perceived Adult Industry, National Security or perceived illegal activity. Young teenagers easily bypassed this latest internet censoring attempt within minutes.

Censorship is, and always will be one of society's most contentiously discussed topics as it is included in most civilized countries versions of "Freedom of Rights" versus the "Protection of its' People and Country".

Sometimes, but this all depends entirely on your point of view about censorship. Public school libraries usually listen to parents about how things should be.

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Censorship is always a bad thing. The implication is that someone (the agency doing the censorship) knows what is "good and proper" for everyone. This cannot be true as everyone is different. Children and young adults in all schools should have the opportunity to be exposed to whatever they choose and be offered the opportunity to discuss their findings with adults who are willing to explain the ramifications of what they observe in an intelligent and open way. In this manner they can form their own opinions as to what is appropriate.

A copied this from a website, www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-censorship.html:

Censorship is the control of information and ideas in a society. Both democratic and non-democratic countries use it. With the explosion of communication technology, it has become all-pervasive. There is a dispute as to whether censorship is good or bad.

Pros of Censorship

• Censorship of pornographic material prevents the corrupting of the children.
• Religious conflicts are avoided by the censorship of material deemed insulting or offensive to a particular religious community.
• Censorship is necessary to preserve the secrets of a nation.
• Censorship is useful in hiding sensitive military information, which could be used by an enemy state.
• Scenes of people consuming alcohol or smoking influence people to copy them. Hence censoring such scenes serves a useful purpose.
• People may copy dangerous stunts shown on TV or movies. Censorship proves necessary here.
• Books may be used to portray wrong information about individuals or groups that could incite violence against them. Censorship would definitely prove helpful here.
• It can be used to prevent politically motivated propaganda.
• It protects the privacy of people.
• Plagiarism is prevented.
• Abusive scenes in movies may offend some people. Censorship prevents that.
• It protects indigenous cultures from the bad influence of foreign cultures.
• It prevents the public display of disrespect to any particular individual or community.
• It prevents companies from spreading inaccurate or grossly exaggerated claims about their products.
• It promotes political correctness.
• Terrorists are prevented from learning about dangerous technology like the atom bomb.
• Children are prevented from learning things that could harm them and others.
• It prevents the ill effects of globalization affecting societies.
• It shields the morals of society.
• It restrains vulgarity and obscenity.
• The surfeit of violence in movies and TV is restricted by it.
• It prevents violence by stopping the broadcast of events, which might trigger it.

Cons of Censorship

• If sex-related topics are completely censored it becomes difficult to teach children and teenagers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
• Dictators and dictatorship use it to promote a flattering image of themselves and for removing any information that is negative to them.
• Freedom of speech is compromised.
• Religious fundamentalists like the Taliban use them to coerce the population.
• It encroaches upon the freedom of the press.
• It prevents the free flow of ideas.
• It may intrude on the privacy of a person.
• Withholding of information only leads to ignorance in the society.
• Censoring of information may lead to a wrong image perceived by the public.
• It is generally associated with dictatorship.
• Censorship in books, plays and movies may compromise their entertainment value.
• Censorship has been misused in the past.
• It is a force against globalization.
• It works against creativity.
• If you hide something from people they will become extra curious about it.
• It has no place in a truly democratic society.
• It gives rise to and hides human rights abuses.
• It is used to control people.
• There can be different standards of morals among different societies quite different from the imposed ones by the censorship.
• It may be used to block legitimate criticism.
• Governments should not control people. It should be the other way around.
• Individuals have different tastes.
• It stifles the opposition, broadcasting only a particular point of view.
• People have a right to know.

Used properly, censorship serves as a valuable tool. However, it can also be easily misused. Governments and other regulatory institutions must learn to use it judiciously

At what time and where? Censorship has been used for many different reasons in many different places in several times. It was used in the 1700s and 1800s to prevent people talking bad about the government around the world; it was used in the 1900s to prevent demoralising news reach troops and civilians; it is still used in the 2000s to stop people promoting a government or social order other than the incumbent.

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Not true--there was wartime rationing starting basically as soon as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Everything was rationed.