Television and radio are a very good source of information and entertainment
   all over the world. The programs aired on TV and radio is easily accessible
   to and watched/heard by all age groups and communities. Besides giving
   knowledge and entertainment, if aired unchecked, it has a potential to have
   adverse effect on society, leading to deterioration of moral values. In my
   view, censorship is required to an extent to prevent degradation of society
   and protect younger generation.
   
   The innocent minds of children are most vulnerable to questionable scenes,
   offensive language and violence. When they see or hear such things they try
   to copy such things, believing this as a normal behavior. One may question
   that child lock facilities are available to protect children from such
   things but one cannot assume that every parent uses this and every TV has
   this facility. So, objectionable portions of these programs need filtration.
   
   
   Apart from children, when grown people are subjected to objectionable and
   violent programs repeatedly, these things can gradually become social norm.
   
   Also some programs may hurt sentiments of a particular community or gender.
   This may lead to friction in society. So, control of these things should be
   taken care of by government to maintain peace and harmony in society.
   
   One may say that censorship puts a question mark on our right to freedom of
   speech and express our own ideas. But when there is a right there is a duty
   also. Betterment of our society and good social values is responsibility of
   all. But at the same time, censorship should not be used by government in
   its vested interest. Censorship should not check public opinion being
   expressed.
   
   To conclude, I will say that there is a need of censorship of TV and radio
   programs by an impartial, responsible and sensible organization. Also there
   should be some guidelines on which this organization should work.

Posted at: Sat Feb 16 10:16:40 2008 (GMT)

   
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Posted at: Thu Mar 6 20:46:52 2008 (GMT)