Tuesday, February 22, 2011

*Censored* Need to tell *Censored* *Censored*

    Government censorship is a problem. Not only does it keep us from knowing what is going on in our military now but it also makes our military personnel feel under appreciated. I have personal experience, not from censorship but just a feeling of being under appreciated. I am in Civil Air Patrol, an Air Force auxiliary, and almost no one knows what Civil Air Patrol is! Anyway, family members and friends of military personnel should pay attention to this especially, as it affects you also. During Vietnam especially there was a lot of censorship on military news, most of what came in through the newspapers were lies for propaganda purposes, in order to keep the civilians happy back in the United States, where it didn’t work since it was still high in protests. It goes against our right for freedom of information, blocking the information from us and keeping us from knowing anything. Also, keeps citizens from joining the military, as they don’t know what they are getting into and are afraid.
    We should combat this, fight censorship as we do have a right to know this information, pepole say censorship is fine, it keeps our enemies from knowing our tactics and other things, but that is fine. We aren’t just splaying it out on the internet for everyone to see, just keeping our citizens informed, and that would help keep our military personnel happy. Everyone should join this fight, protest against military censorship, we have a right to know.