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Article: Censor this! Notice something missing?
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- New Moon
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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JUST TO CLARIFY ...
Censor:
When someone in power doesn't let the public see, read, talk about, or listen to certain ideas.
Dictator:
Someone who has absolute rule of a government, a tyrant.
DID YOU KNOW that in some countries, you can be punished for making a joke about the country's leader? In Burma, anyone who expresses an opinion against the government can face a prison sentence. Many dictators use censorship to keep people from speaking up. That's because if enough people speak up, discuss, petition, and protest, they can make big changes happen--and even overthrow the government.
In the U.S., we can talk about ...