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Censorship     My heart has been nothing but censorship since the time I was born. WhenI was actually young and ragingd in Chicago thither were all sorts of interesting things roughly to play with. My parents physically censored me by putting me in " crossprison." They felt that original 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 true for children, all day long. Itwas always interesting to me as to why we recited the fuddle of allegiance inschool, what if you are not American? I too was not allowed to watch the news.My parents felt it was "real violence", and not impound for me, that wasparental censorship. When I was old enough to go out with my friends I becameconfu sed when my parents said I could discover an "PG-13" rated movie but the battleground wouldnt let me in. When I argued that "my parents said I could go seeit", the dramaturgy management always said things like I need to be 13 or must beaccompanied by a parent and so on. I then proposed this question, my parentssaid I could see it, now why cant I see it? The answer to that question is the organization doesnt think I am old enough. My mom said live with it, in that location isnothing you can do. I think that made me much 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 Compact phonograph record 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 suc h as you cant have anything that contains profanity, or any flake ofobjectionable material. "Then again I am only waiver to encounter it in the realworld", I would reply. Obviously there are many different 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