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  1. Examine the image and watch the video below—what do these two primary sources convey about American society’s views of obscenity over time?The video “7 dirty words” by George Carlin conveys American words that are used in society and how they can be used in multiple different ways. It would be impossible to have a list of dirty words that cannot be used because some “dirty” words in different context mean different things for example the word “cock” cock is an animal or it could be used in an obscenity way. Over time words change and so do their meanings. As more generations grow up they develop their own list of dirty words that may offend some or may not offend others. The imagine above represents a women who is a wife and a mother and she carries everything on her back. This imagine is pro women rights as it shows what all a women does to attend to her family. Others would say it is prof on why women should not vote, they have too much to carry already. Over time those thoughts have also changed.
  2. Pretend you are a Supreme Court of the United States Justice who must make a ruling on a case involving obscenity. How would you define obscenity in order to proceed? I view obscenity as a subject hard to cover. The topic is so broad and not consistent nor detained represented that it is hard to rule. The great thing about America is the freedom that so many have migrated over for. It is too late now to make up any new laws about obscenity because the list of “dirty words” has grown too much. The English language repeats its self and many words mean multiple meanings. Also some people of many different cultures or ethnic backgrounds have different views and because all these differences are welcomed in America it would be hard to. make a law about freedom of speech that everyone could agree upon. I would rule obscenity as something unmanageable under a few circumstances.
  3. Continuing in your role as a SCOTUS Justice who must rule on an obscenity case, how would you balance impediments, such as censorship, to U.S. citizens’ right to free speech, while upholding the principles of a free, democratic republic? I would take the whole case into consideration with mediations. I would not over look any detains between the offender or the impediments and censorships agains them. the Right of Free Speech is in the constitution for a reason. You can not erase history you can only learn from it. Our ancestors knew freedom of speech was important. As long as no one was bodily harmed including sexual activity then the case would be thrown away

    Response 2;

    1. We can see that overtime American society’s view on obscenity has changed dramatically. In the image from 1872 the wife is carrying the burden of all her children along with her alcoholic husband on her back through life. Even with all of the weight and extra work the wife would rather take the hardest road rather than go down the road of obscenity and Mrs. Satan. Nowadays people dont care as much about what they say. Younger people are prohibited from saying any obscene words but once you hit 18, once you are a grown up, its free game. Saying words that are obscene is in everyones vocabulary in the modern day.

2. I as a supreme court judge would define obscenity as the use of offensive, disgusting, and immoral language or photography and videography. It would depend on the case, if it is a case involving a verbal assault I would take into account that everyone nowadays uses obscene language everyday without even caring. If it were a case involving photography or film it would be more serious.

3. It is true that Americans have the right to free speech and I would uphold that as a supreme court justice. When things such a censorship come into play especially with photos, films, and videos, what the subject of them are will determine the stand and severity of the obscenity. If it is something such as child porn, which is illegal, there is no way around the fact that it is obscene and needs to be censored.

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No Way Out’: A Sudden life and death struggle at a Houston concert’.

Source:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/travis-scott-crowd-surge.html

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Synopsis:

On Friday night, Travis Scott held his second festival for ‘Astroworld’ in Houston, Texas, this concert had 50,000 people in attendance. This concert dramatically escalated when numerous people began pushing and shoving their way to the front, some gasped for air, and others fell unconscious. This resulted in 8 deaths and hundreds of injuries that were treated at a local hospital. Houston officials are having a hard time explaining what truly happened and how a music festival went so horrifically wring so quickly. Nick Johnson one of the concert attendees said, “Everybody was just in the back, trying to rush to the front.” The concert continued for another 30 minutes after the injuries and deaths had taken place.

Opinion:

When I had heard what had happened at the Travis Scott concert I was in shock, I couldn’t believe that that many people were in attendance, especially given the current circumstances with covid. I hope after this tragedy they will significantly reduce the number of ticket sales available and take the necessary precautions in the future to prevent this from happening again.

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