Fahrenheit 451

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“To take away our expression, is to impoverish our existence.” (Radiate, Enter Shikari) To censor music, is to take away means of self expression. Blocked and censored music takes away the true meaning and purpose of music. It takes away the peoples lawfully given rights, as stated in the Bill of Rights, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech” (U.S Constitution, Amendment 1) Music has never done anything bad. Much like Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451, censorship is a violation of the peoples basic rights as human beings, censored content is not the artists intended vision, it is against freedom of speech. Music has never done any harm. But, for example; “Four out of ten Americans feel that music should be censored.” (Panel on censorship of lyrics) But the other 6 out of 10 Americans…show more content…
For example, whether it be rap, heavy metal, black metal, satanic metal, country, pop, anything. Censorship of music is a violation of given rights. It is against freedom of speech. The First Amendment clearly states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech” (U.S Constitution, Amendment 1) In addition, the government bans and censors music that makes the listener become aware. Nowadays, all these artists come out with political and meaningful messages. The music and messages in these songs make the listener more aware. The listeners become aware of what is going on around the world, and how corrupt the government is. The government then tries to silence all those who are aware. “The word ‘intellect’, of course, becomes the swear word it deserves to be.” (Bradbury 58) People fear others who are more aware and intelligent than themselves. With more music, the more the people become

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