Censorship

Started by Spaceman McConaughey, January 14, 2011, 02:02:41 am

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Spaceman McConaughey

Okay, this one is about three years old, but I want to share it because I am going through the same thing on my school's newspaper.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-02-07/news/globe-high-school-administrators-silence-the-student-newspaper-over-profanity/

The stories I write for the newspaper constantly get thrown out of the paper, and I am then taken out of the class in front of everyone, to talk about how what I wrote was "unacceptable", which is really embarrassing. The paper always assigns me video game reviews, and I have only managed to get one in through some form of divine intervention: a review for LoZ: Twilight Princess. See, I always review games that are DEFINITELY on a high-school level, if not BELOW it, but it always happens. That idiotic feminist bitch pulls me out of class to tell me it's not acceptable. To be honest, TP was the most "violent" game I reviewed. Two others were "Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep", and "Crusade of Destiny(this is a pretty kiddyish Zelda-like game)". Here is why they both got refused,

BBS: "I don't like the fact it talked about blades."(And let us not forget she told someone else, rather than me, which is really unprofessional. And LAWL, these are fucking [bKEYBLADES[/b])"Weapons mean killing, so no."

CoD: "Branden, there are no stories about killing.(yeah, killing virtual manifestations of code and distorted 2D images is soooo bad. especially when they are monsters, and stuff.)"

I respect the fact she basically censored out two children's games I reviewed(do you sense the sarcasm? I sure as hell did use it), and humiliated me by pulling me out of class. Now, we shan't not forget that there are kids in there reviewing things worse than the games I reviewed. So you open up the opinion section, first thing you see are reviews of movies like The Social Network, which are not at all appropriate(they are for high schoolers, but if my stories were inappropriate, why would this be acceptable?), then there are local bands which use a bunch of foul language in their songs. And to top it all off, this rude fat girl in the newspaper class, who wrote up a horribly offensive story about the mentally disabled at our school, tried to make it seem sugar-coated and nice. Nobody really cared too much or payed a lot of attention when they read it, but you could see all of the stereotypes packed into the story. And here, I review children's games, and it is inappropriate. Wow. I tried to get another review in, but it was "overlooked", they say. I reviewed Fruit Ninja, and mentioned you can unlock different blades in it. Hmmm, wonder how that was missed. HMMMMM. YOU SLICE FRUIT, BRO? GET THAT OUTTA MY PAPER. Is what I think the discussion was, because this school is quite literally dumb.

Man, I've tried asking for another thing to write about, too, but it's always "You're good at this, so stick with it. :)", and then what happens? Censored. Almost as if they set me up for it, fucking feminist whores.

Ands if I make any mention of reviewing something more geared towards high schoolers, it's an instant "no". As if we're stuck in fucking elementary school. How pathetic. 

Blizzard

January 14, 2011, 03:00:34 am #1 Last Edit: January 14, 2011, 03:02:41 am by Blizzard
Try this. Next time when she pulls you out in front of the class, talk to her afterwards. Don't be a dick, try to be "understanding" for her side. But also make her aware of exactly what you just wrote here (except the bad parts). Tell her that it is embarrassing for you. Tell her that you are reviewing children games that are not even rated PG-13. Tell her that the kids listen to songs with messed up lyrics. Try to get her to have to justify her decisions and actions to you, but in a nice way. If you can manage that, she will stop pissing you off.
Just go after class to her and tell her that you have to talk to her.

Ranting is a good way to put one's thoughts together. Then use those thoughts to confront the problem directly. But do it in a nice way. If you can do that, you should succeed. Don't be whiny. Just try to talk to her, LISTEN to what she tells you and then offer her your side of the argument. If you engage her in this way, you will automatically force her to be nice to you while talking or she risks looking like a total dick. People want to avoid looking like a total dick.
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Spaceman McConaughey

Thanks for she advice. I'll see if I can do something about it. :)

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Quote from: Tuggernuts on January 14, 2011, 03:25:01 am
Thanks for she advice. I'll see if I can do something about it. :)


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I don't think it's feminism, just overreacting.
Let's not forget that school shootings and etc... are commonly attributed to videogame violence.


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The Niche

Censorship: Noun. The forbidding of information deemed unacceptable, even considering freedom of information laws.
Synonyms: Idiocy, stupidity, sadism, desperate attempt to cling to dominance.

On another note, Nam's right, where did feminism come from?
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Quote from: winkio on June 15, 2011, 07:30:23 pm
Ah, excellent.  You liked my amusing sideshow, yes?  I'm just a simple fool, my wit entertains the wise, and my wisdom fools the fools.



I'm like the bible, widely hated and beautifully quotable.

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Spaceman McConaughey

She's a feminist, I am pissed, so I attack her on a personal level(behind her back of course. Like with my Birth By Sleep review. Had to wait 'til the paper was published to not see it in there, because she told someone else). >8U

@NAMK: Well, I doubt a game consisting of smacking around enemies with giant keys is really gonna pump up some idiot enough to where he'd wanna shoot the whole school.

The Niche

It wouldn't. Nam did say overreacting. You may have already caught onto this, but the older a person is and the more people they are responsible for, the more they tend to overreact.

Actually, that's not true, I just thought of it there. Still, it seems likely.
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Quote from: winkio on June 15, 2011, 07:30:23 pm
Ah, excellent.  You liked my amusing sideshow, yes?  I'm just a simple fool, my wit entertains the wise, and my wisdom fools the fools.



I'm like the bible, widely hated and beautifully quotable.

Dropbox is this way, not any other way!

Power Hungry Midget

We don't even have a school newspaper and we get censored. My principal is a former dictator of a far away country. :haha: I joke, but he's pretty tyrannical. Anyone who expresses views which might be seen as "offensive" can get into trouble. I'm rather fondly known by some of the less strict teachers as the little socialist. Let's just say our principal wasn't too happy when he filled in for our history teacher and I told him a socialist government would move Ireland forward as a country. Well that was a digression. Anyways, Tuggernuts, if you keep getting censored, I would suggest you set up you own newspaper/newsletter/pamphlet and distribute it yourself. It would piss off the teachers which is always fun and you can write what you want. Also, in America, are you told to call your male teacher's "Sir" as well as "Mr........."? I did live in America but I was only there for two years and I was very young and don't remember.
Yes Niche, adults are funny creatures.

The plot thickens......

I have a mind to join a club and then beat you over the head with it.
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I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.
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http://xkcd.com/303

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Subsonic_Noise

All this stuff makes the principal of my old school look perfect. He even let me go without punishment when I overheated the school's server. Ah, good times.

Power Hungry Midget

Germany sounds fun. I'm not a rulebreaker or anything but my principal just dislikes my political views. I called compulsive wearing of school uniform fascism. Didn't go well. He also hates the way I never cut my hair but he also respects me because I'm on the same intellectual level as him. Hmm, I'd love to see his reaction if I told him I was founding the Irish Vegan Socialist Party.

The plot thickens......

I have a mind to join a club and then beat you over the head with it.
     -Groucho Marx
I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.
     -George Bernard Shaw

http://xkcd.com/303

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
    -Oscar Wilde

G_G

The only censorship we have is when it comes to the internet. Almost every site is blocked. Everybody cusses and drops the f bomb. Teachers don't say anything, security guards don't do anything. Oh we have security too. They don't even do anything except take your phone away. We're allowed horror gory games on the computer. Its quite awesome. We used to have a newspaper that came out every week but that got shut down due to South Dakota being one of the poorest states in the U.S.

Power Hungry Midget

A lot of schools in Ireland could benefit from security guards and metal detectors, like in Kick-Ass when he thinks he'll set the metal detectors off because of the metal plate in his body. Our school got a private company in to monitor internet access. They thought they'd be really clever and block every proxy you can think off but I got round it using Tor and Firefox.

The plot thickens......

I have a mind to join a club and then beat you over the head with it.
     -Groucho Marx
I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.
     -George Bernard Shaw

http://xkcd.com/303

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
    -Oscar Wilde

The Niche

Quote from: Power Hungry Midget on January 14, 2011, 06:35:50 pm
Germany sounds fun. I'm not a rulebreaker or anything but my principal just dislikes my political views. I called compulsive wearing of school uniform fascism. Didn't go well. He also hates the way I never cut my hair but he also respects me because I'm on the same intellectual level as him. Hmm, I'd love to see his reaction if I told him I was founding the Irish Vegan Socialist Party.


Dude, you're not even vegan. Or has something changed?
Also, what's Tor? I sense opportunerty.
Level me down, I'm trying to become the anti-blizz!
Quote from: winkio on June 15, 2011, 07:30:23 pm
Ah, excellent.  You liked my amusing sideshow, yes?  I'm just a simple fool, my wit entertains the wise, and my wisdom fools the fools.



I'm like the bible, widely hated and beautifully quotable.

Dropbox is this way, not any other way!

Subsonic_Noise

Quote from: The Niche on January 15, 2011, 12:01:08 pm
Quote from: Power Hungry Midget on January 14, 2011, 06:35:50 pm
Germany sounds fun. I'm not a rulebreaker or anything but my principal just dislikes my political views. I called compulsive wearing of school uniform fascism. Didn't go well. He also hates the way I never cut my hair but he also respects me because I'm on the same intellectual level as him. Hmm, I'd love to see his reaction if I told him I was founding the Irish Vegan Socialist Party.


Dude, you're not even vegan. Or has something changed?
Also, what's Tor? I sense opportunerty.

Stay clear of Tor. It might be the most secure proxy service around, but even just using it can get you suspected of criminal activities... like, searching for it will get you on googles watchlist. It's used by some of the most disgusting criminals around.

The Niche

Quote from: Subsonic_Noise on January 15, 2011, 12:07:49 pm
Quote from: The Niche on January 15, 2011, 12:01:08 pm
Quote from: Power Hungry Midget on January 14, 2011, 06:35:50 pm
Germany sounds fun. I'm not a rulebreaker or anything but my principal just dislikes my political views. I called compulsive wearing of school uniform fascism. Didn't go well. He also hates the way I never cut my hair but he also respects me because I'm on the same intellectual level as him. Hmm, I'd love to see his reaction if I told him I was founding the Irish Vegan Socialist Party.


Dude, you're not even vegan. Or has something changed?
Also, what's Tor? I sense opportunerty.

Stay clear of Tor. It might be the most secure proxy service around, but even just using it can get you suspected of criminal activities... like, searching for it will get you on googles watchlist. It's used by some of the most disgusting criminals around.


Hmm...decisions decisions.
Level me down, I'm trying to become the anti-blizz!
Quote from: winkio on June 15, 2011, 07:30:23 pm
Ah, excellent.  You liked my amusing sideshow, yes?  I'm just a simple fool, my wit entertains the wise, and my wisdom fools the fools.



I'm like the bible, widely hated and beautifully quotable.

Dropbox is this way, not any other way!

winkio

lol, I know hundreds of kids who used it in high school.

Power Hungry Midget

It's because Tor is used by people who want to keep their activities secret i.e paedos and terrorists.
Sorry about the previous post my internet is acting up again.

The plot thickens......

I have a mind to join a club and then beat you over the head with it.
     -Groucho Marx
I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.
     -George Bernard Shaw

http://xkcd.com/303

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
    -Oscar Wilde

tSwitch

Quote from: Tuggernuts on January 14, 2011, 01:20:14 pm
She's a feminist, I am pissed, so I attack her on a personal level(behind her back of course. Like with my Birth By Sleep review. Had to wait 'til the paper was published to not see it in there, because she told someone else). >8U
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I still don't see how feminism fits into this.

Quote from: Tuggernuts on January 14, 2011, 01:20:14 pm
@NAMK: Well, I doubt a game consisting of smacking around enemies with giant keys is really gonna pump up some idiot enough to where he'd wanna shoot the whole school.


not the point.


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Spaceman McConaughey

Quote from: NAMKCOR on January 15, 2011, 04:45:51 pm
Quote from: Tuggernuts on January 14, 2011, 01:20:14 pm
She's a feminist, I am pissed, so I attack her on a personal level(behind her back of course. Like with my Birth By Sleep review. Had to wait 'til the paper was published to not see it in there, because she told someone else). >8U
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I still don't see how feminism fits into this.

Quote from: Tuggernuts on January 14, 2011, 01:20:14 pm
@NAMK: Well, I doubt a game consisting of smacking around enemies with giant keys is really gonna pump up some idiot enough to where he'd wanna shoot the whole school.


not the point.


To comment about the one in blue, it doesn't fit in. But rather, I can say whatever the hell I want about her being a feminist in a negative way to vent, and it makes me feel a bit better. So honestly, it doesn't matter to me.

About the red. Then please explain what the point is, then?