"Censorship is rarely, if ever, justified."
Any artist who works diligently and has put enormous amount of hard work to bring to life his dream projects, most definitely is aware of the trauma felt when the works finds itself ensnared in the censorship board office. Censorship is a concept which to me is in most cases needless and unjustified.
My first strong argument that I would like to put forward against censorship is that it is a force that curbs, suppresses and encumbers the creative effort behind the production of any work, be it a movie, a book, or a work of art. When an artist indulges into the act of making a creative work piece, he tends to follow a certain course of action wherein he can freely embody the images he has envisaged in his mind. He doesn’t restrict himself from mentioning grotesque violence and explicitness if required. And all the while when he is giving shape to his ideas, he is on a test with himself. Any good movie director or an author does a deep and profound study of his subject. He I am sure is well aware of his actions and their outcomes.
Healthy criticism is always invited. But only if it does not lead to expurgation of the artist’s work. Any censorious comments pointing out the flaws and drawbacks, and giving improvising suggestions are more likely to be beneficial to the producer. But a scathing review demanding to truncate a few sections of the art just because it might seem unsuitable for a certain audience is a violation of the freedom of speech. It might be restricted to a certain group of underage people. A statutory warning about the explicitness may also be released.
Also it is sad to know that in some cases such parts of the movie are expurgated in which a lot of money, time and dedication of the artists has been spent. Removal of such parts directly affects the efforts and the hardships of the artist and also is a means of wasting the resources.
Though, it has also been noticed that a few works inadvertently may infuriate regional tension and offend some communities, it is never thought to curb these violent elements in the society who do not respect somebody’s thoughts and opinion. The views of the producer may not necessarily match those of the rest of the world, but if that had been the purpose of creating any work of art, then mankind would not have witnessed such a gigantic theatrical, literary or artistic background. People and critics should be requested to try to understand the viewpoint of the artist before criticizing. Even if the two viewpoints do not match, the artist should still be given the liberty to have mass audiences view his creation. Also the thought that the work intended to be against a few people should be kept away.
Once again, I would say that censorship is not really justified. And there may be better ways of curbing the ill-effects of a piece of art, if any.
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- argument issue 70
- "Censorship is rarely, if ever, justified." 80
- Historians and social scientists are as useful to the society as are biochemists and engineers because society’s ills cannot be cured by technological progress alone. 97
- Education is primarily a personal matter; it has little to do with school or college. 90
- "Too much emphasis is placed on role models. Instead of copying others, people should learn to think and act independently and thus make the choices that are best for them." 90
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
... explicitness may also be released. Also it is sad to know that in some cases su...
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Line 9, column 724, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
... have mass audiences view his creation. Also the thought that the work intended to b...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, really, so, still, then, well, while, in most cases, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2361.0 2235.4752809 106% => OK
No of words: 506.0 442.535393258 114% => OK
Chars per words: 4.66600790514 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7428307748 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68390870428 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525691699605 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 723.6 704.065955056 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.5229741272 60.3974514979 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.652173913 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.04347826087 5.21951772744 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0339092234076 0.243740707755 14% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0126601620451 0.0831039109588 15% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.034567547248 0.0758088955206 46% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0276013535936 0.150359130593 18% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0362098891352 0.0667264976115 54% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 66.07 48.8420337079 135% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.81 12.1639044944 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 100.480337079 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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