My 'Art' is Your 'Obscenity': Against Censorship in American Media Argumentative Essay by scribbler

The paper considers the arguments that there is a direct correlation between youth violence and violent films, but contends that these arguments fail to take into consideration other psychological and sociological factors that can predispose an individual to violence. The paper points out that the availability of guns and the power of lobbying groups such as the National Rifle Association (NRA) would seem to have as much influence in the fostering of violence in American society, and, obscenity is subjective and is defined differently by each individual. Moreover, the paper argues that violence within the human heart must be expressed, and better through film, drama, and even comic books than allowing it to spill out into reality. The paper maintains that censoring art is not a substitution for tackling the real issues that give rise to violence in real life.