Oh boy, censorship. It's such a picky topic. People think that those under 18 need to be censored from certain words or scenes. Well, I can see the "Protect the Children" thing kicking in again. No, don't use fallacies like "I don't want 6-year-old doing X." or anything among those lines, because it isn't about that at all.

I'm talking about the First Amendment. Freedom of expression, freedom of thought, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to be us, really. However, the longer I'm in America, the more it seems that the Constitution becomes irrelevant. It's the very thing that started this country, so it better not die until America dies. (That will happen one day. Every civilization comes to an end at one point. That was true with many of the Native Americans, sadly, and many other civilizations as well.)

Also, I see schools ignore more and more of the Constitution as we go on. Dress codes, uniform policies, limits on hair styles and apparel, etc. Enough. I say, in my opinion, that schools should lay off the rules a bit. An earring doesn't equal criminal, after all. Instead, they should focus more on real issues, like finding bullies and punishing them, and making more intellect-appropriate work available for those of higher or lower intellect or those with learning disorders.

Furthermore, censorship on movies and television in general. It seems like most countries have more lenient laws on censorship than America does on it's movies and content in general. I've seen perhaps too many situations where a game in America would be M-rated, yet only rated with the equivalent rating of T or lower in Europe and Asia, especially true for Asian games.

Of course, censorship occurs worldwide, the place that seems to have it the worst is China, though. I mean, Manhunt was censored all through-out the world, but not only was the censored content uncensored with a code, the game sucked with or without the extra gore. Ok, cool, you can lop a man's arm off, but the story and graphics seemed outdated to me. :(

Now, after all of this, I say that censorship should be completely wiped from the face of the Earth. Forever, never to return.