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Talking Points for ESL Students – Censorship
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Before the discussion
Do you know the following words and phrases?censorshipcensorfree pressbannedlyricspornographyprofanityracism We asked three students from around the world for their views on censorship. Here are theirreplies.
Understanding different viewpoints
Chen
“ 
In my country, a lot of information is censored.
The reason is to protect the people from influences that could harm them or harm their way of thinking. Of course the Internet should be censored. Could you imagine if your children could see anything they like on the Internet? They would definitely search for all the things we do not want them to see, like pornography or violent videos. ” 
Tasha
“ 
By telling our kids what they should be reading, who they should be reading, and exactly why they should be reading it, we are taking away the value of letting people think for themselves. The Internet is full of these things because life is full of these things 
. Rather than hide reality from people,
we need to teach them to distinguish right from wrong 
. Then we need to trust them to do the right thing.” 
Ralf
“ 
I think it is the role of the parents to control what their children see.
I don’t think the Government should do this. When you let the Government control information, you create a dangerous situation. They will want to censor things that are harmful to the Government, but helpful to the people. However,I do wish Hollywood would put less violence in the movies. Sometimes I can’t stand to watch them!” 
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