We are fortunate to live in a country that has many rights, the most important being freedom of speech which provides an umbrella of protection over our remaining rights; however, all of our rights are under attack starting with the First Amendment which is constantly attacked by censors. The United States Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or restrict freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. “Censorship as defined by Wikipedia is “the suppression of speech or the deletion of communicative material that may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to government or media organizations as determined by a censor. “Any statement or image can be deemed offensive by anyone at any time, so censorship is an attack on our freedom of speech. No one can determine for anyone else what is or is not offensive. What we as individuals deem offensive to us, it might be nice for someone else. Furthermore, the definition provides for the suppression of speech considered objectionable to the government. The Constitution guarantees us the right to free speech specifically to prevent the government from suppressing our speech. phrases, images and ideas that are so offensive that we must ask the government to pass laws to prevent them from being uttered or discussed. They would also argue that the enormity of the crime justifies such censorship this definition, however... middle of paper... trust what the newspapers say because the state manages the media. The Constitution provides that “no law shall be enacted to abridge our right to free speech. Therefore all laws supporting censorship are unconstitutional and should be banned under the First Amendment. If we fail to ban censorship, we give up all our rights and cease to be free. Works Cited Merriam-Webster. Reduced. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abridgingWikipedia. Censorship. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CensorshipWikipedia. Fairness doctrine. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_DoctrineWikipedia. Main article: United States Bill of Rights. Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 through 10) Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution