Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...

Censorship. What a loaded word. When I was young and terribly conservative, I thought that our country needed more censorship. That the moral majority should hold responsible, those who would "sully" our national moral fibers. As I've gotten older (and wiser) I have found that people naturally resist censorship. We have the right, as guaranteed by our Consitution, to speak our minds freely. The joke goes, "A person who wants to share his religious beliefs with you often doesn't want you to share yours with them". Funny, but very true. What has been censored in your life? Your beliefs? Ideas? Aspirations? Dreams? It's amazing how people who are mired in mediocracy want to keep others down, so that they don't have to recognize just how ordinary they are. I found this especially true while growing up in a small town. You might be able to relate. The best way to have your voice heard is to be educated. Nobody wants to listen to a "Redneck" spout racism disguised as religious conviction, or a Black man preaching that the evil that exists today in the Afro-American culture is because of the white man. When you are educated, you learn the "truth" of what the issues are, and not to allow your emotions to "run away" with your reasoning. I may not agree with what you say. You may not agree with, or even like what I have to say. However, we have the guaranteed right to say it. What statement do you want to make today?