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Censorship     My life has been nonhing but censorship since the time I was born. WhenI was very young and lived in Chicago in that respect were all sorts of interesting thingsaround to play with. My parents physically censor me by putting me in "babyprison." They felt that certain things needed to be censored from me because oftheir potential danger. So I was kept out of harms way in the playpen or crib.As I grew older and was no longer watched by my parents 24 hours a day, Irealized that I was censored by others. In school, it was constantly no to thisand no to that. All that negativity is not great for children, all day long. Itwas always interesting to me as to why we recited the pledge of allegiance inschool, what if you are not American? I also was not allowed to watch the news.My parents felt it was "real violence", and not appropriate for me, that wasparental censorship. When I was old enough to go out with my friends I becameconfused when my parents utter I could see an "PG-13" rated movie but thetheater wouldnt let me in. When I argued that "my parents tell I could go seeit", the theater management always said things like I need to be 13 or must beaccompanied by a parent and so on. I and so proposed this question, my parentssaid I could see it, now why cant I see it? The answer to that question is thegovernment doesnt think I am old enough. My mummy said live with it, there isnothing you can do. I think that made me more inquisitive.     That was just the beginning, I was too young to go on certain rides andtoo young to go into stores like Sharper Image and I was too young to purchasethe music that I really enjoyed. When I was able to get my hands on a CompactDisc I had wanted, it sometimes had a "Explicit Lyrics" warning sticker on it. Iwould go home, listen and enjoy only to get lectured by my parents. They saidthings such as you cant have anything that contains profanity, or any type ofobjectionable material. " because again I am only going to encounter it in the realworld", I would reply. Obviously there are many diametrical views to take onthis issue, and I knew there was a long and difficult battle ahead of me until Iwas 18.     I contend that censoring music is a necessary evil but, it should be