Scale Values for Censorship Statements ________________________________________________________________________ Original New Statement Value Value SD ________________________________________________________________________ 1) I doubt if censorship is wise. 4.20 1.65 1.30 2) A truly free people must be 2.20 - - allowed to choose their own reading and entertainment. 3) We must have censorship to protect 9.10 6.06 2.82 the morals of young people. 4) The theory of censorship is sound, 6.70 3.14 1.38 but censors make a mess of it. 5) Only narrow-minded Puritans want 3.10 -0.59 2.86 censorship. 6) The whole theory of censorship is 0.00 - - utterly unreasonable. 7) Until public taste has been 7.50 5.12 1.89 educated, we must continue to have censorship. 8) Many of our greatest literary 2.50 0.77 2.36 classics would be suppressed if the censors thought they could get away with it. 9) Everything that is printed for 9.90 5.54 2.80 publication should first be examined by government censors. 10) Plays and movies should be 6.00 3.36 1.39 censored but the press should be free. 11) Censorship has practically no 3.50 1.69 2.16 effect on peoples morals. 12) Censorship is a gross violation 0.50 - - of our constitutional rights. 13) Censorship protects those who 8.20 4.16 2.05 lack judgment or experience to choose for themselves. 14) Censorship is a very difficult 5.60 2.90 0.89 problem and I am not sure how far I think it should go. 15) Censorship is a good thing on 7.10 - - the whole although it is often abused. 16) Education of the public taste 3.90 3.07 1.77 is preferable to censorship. 17) Human progress demands free 1.70 - - speech and a free press. 18) Censorship is effective in 8.50 5.53 2.12 raising moral and aesthetic standards. 19) Censorship might be warranted 6.00 3.57 1.45 if we could get reasonable censors. 20) Morality is produced by 2.80 0.69 2.42 self-control, not by censorship.