Television Censorship Essay -- Media

Television Censorship Censorship in television is a very debatable topic in today’s media and social realms. Nowadays what is considered appropriate by many may actually be considered explicit or unsuitable by the people in charge. Some may wonder ‘who is deemed so highly that they can decide what is and is not appropriate to watch. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is ‘responsible for administratively enforcing the law that governs what is and is not appropriate. Within this article I will discuss how the FCC decides what the American viewers are allowed to see. The first example the FCC regulates on television is called ‘obscene broadcasts’. According to the FCC obscene speech in not protected by the First Amendment and cannot be broadcast at any time. To be obscene, material must meet a three-prong test: Â · An average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; Â · The material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically def...

The Value of Life

Generation after generation of societies change as time goes on. Maybe not so much the society itself, but the people in it do. The value of life now differs depending on the different kinds of experiences people go through. We will all have different obstacles in our life, but the way we get through them and live to tell the tale is the way life should be valued for. In It’s not about the bike: My journey back to life, an autobiography by Lance Armstrong, he is a great inspiration to America for winning one of the most grueling sporting events on the face of the earth, the Tour de France. A 2,290 – mile race through the hills and mountains of France on a bicycle. Yet this is still not what puts value into life, through his eyes. Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 25. As tough as it is to fight a cancer as severe as that, he says it was his profession that helped him fight it. His profession taught him how to fight and compete against all odds and obstacles. A near death experience is what made Lance ask himself, â€Å"If I live, who is it that I intend to be?† This is where I truly believe people start contemplating what the value of life is. Another example of an obstacle people sometimes go through in order to assign value to life is suicide. The world famous Shakespeare has a play precisely on the basis of this issue. In the soliloquy of Hamlet he is a man who doesn’t know whether to live or commit suicide, but carefully analyzing the aftermath of suicide and what comes after death is what makes the character have a change of heart. Again we see that what we go through in life, the obstacles we face and overcome is what we use to assign value to life. To further conclude this statement, the way society should assign value to life is the way we have been doing it for years, by basing it on the different experiences people go through and letting each individual have a say in what they think the value of life is. Everyone’s opinion is different, but that is the beauty of it. From all the differences it creates some of the greatest stories ever told. That is how value should be assigned. The Value of Life The Value of Life The value of human life is still a mystery and we as a society is still trying to figure it out. During early times, life was not valued at all. People were being turned into slaves and treated like nothing. In today’s world though, we base the value of life by our achievements, one’s past, or the salary one receives. This shouldn’t be the way we value one’s life. We as a society cannot assign a value on one’s life. Money cannot buy happiness.In the article â€Å"What Is a Life Worth† by Amanda Ripley, she argues that nowadays we base life on money. â€Å"The courts started to put a dollar value on a life-after death† (â€Å"What Life is Worth†, stanza 1). I do not agree with this because people expect money after a death occurs to a loved one. No amount of money can fill in the void of a loss someone is enduring. William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and influential writer, argues his point of view of hu man life in â€Å"Hamlet’s Soliloquy. Shakespeare uses a suicidal character, Hamlet, to show that the only time we value life is when something bad is happening. Also to show that life is full of misfortunes. Both Shakespeare and Ripley seem to be suggesting that life is only valued by death. Death opens our eyes and makes us cherish what we have. This sounds very sad, but it’s very true. The government doesn’t seem to care about human life. Cheri Sparacio, the widow of Thomas Sparacio, exclaims, â€Å"The government is not taking any responsibility for what it’s done.This was just one screw up after another. † The government tries to replace loss with money. How can one’s life value be bought? Nowadays, one way life is valued is by money. 6 On the other hand, Lance Armstrong believes that death is not an option. That the value of life should be cherished and taken for granted because your life can end any second. In the excerpt â€Å"Itâ €™s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life† by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, it talks about Lance

Immigration Of The United States - 3627 Words

Immigration In The US When a person can’t make a living in his or her own country, the most common thing to do is to move to a better place where he or she believes they can find better opportunities. That voluntary movement with the intention to permanently settle in the adopted country is known as immigration. It is said that between 15 to 20 million undocumented immigrants currently live in the U.S., and that number could keep increasing by about 700,000 a year. Today s most common immigration is due to people who arrive from undeveloped countries to more industrialized countries, such as the U.S. Unfortunately this becomes a huge issue, especially when the people immigrate illegally. Immigration affects our society as a whole; it†¦show more content†¦People often blame illegal immigration on the immigrants who illegally come to the US, however according to Osio’s article for La Prensa San Diego, he states that past and present members of the House and Senate are to blame for the political decisions that have been made or better said in this case, not made. This has not been a recent issue; in fact as early as 1947, President Harry Truman had noticed that entries to the US especially along the southern border by undocumented people were becoming epidemic (Osio). That is why he had asked Congress to pass laws in which they would forbid the hiring of these undocumented people, however Congress ignored his request, which caused the uncontrolled flow of illegal immigrants and hiring to continue. This shows how the legislative branch, the rule makers, doesn’t step up to take action. Even though by President Ronald Reagan’s second term he was able to get Congress to pass the first immigration reform, it is said that he really had to push them in order for it to happen (Osio). This is exactly what needs to be done now, to see if Congress will finally take charge. Thankfully President Obama has started to put pressure on them. It is quite ridiculous t hat they have to wait for the executive branch to step in in order for them to start realizing something needs to be done soon. On June of 2012, President Barack Obama began his fight for an immigration reform and he