Freedom of Speech Essay

probably fair to say that we take it for granted and consider it a natural privilege, rather than an earned right. It is worth taking a moment to consider what it really means to the way we live in the 21st century.” (Magna Cart) Democracy to us, is freedom. It is being able to choose whoever we want to represent our country. Just like the Webster Dictionary says, Democracy is a government where the people choose leaders by voting. Democracy and political correctness have very little in common.…

dictatorship. What Rights Do Citizens Have In a Dictatorship? Citizens have very little rights in a dictatorship. Citizens actually have NO right of freedom of speech, in a dictatorship. According to the website “... were unyielding in their persecution and ever tortured those who openly opposed their rule.” For this reason citizens have no right to speech because dictators don't want citizens to ask questions about their ruling. Citizens have NO right in religious beliefs. According to…

comments were negative. Second, she persuaded schools to suspend all the penalties they gave to the students due to undesirable comments for the school on their social media pages. These changes were taken place since her strong value toward freedom of speech drove her to protect students to express their perspectives and feelings online without any intervention from school. Intentional Influence Norah’s intentional influence was to articulate the reason why the new rule should be abolished…

own rights, but also standing up for the liberties of all American society. They, like a heroic soldier, are protecting our freedoms. Without the First Amendment, America could not be considered a free nation nor a republic. In a republic supreme power is held by the people and their representatives, wherein their voices and opinions are heard. Without the right to free speech the government system in place would be unable to…

censorship in relation to freedom of expression. In fact, Neil Strauss (2000) believes that, ‘the editing… actually improve[s] the song… bringing a touch of subtlety back to urban music’. ___________ Furthermore, by recording two versions of a song, an artist has a chance to earn more profit as the ‘cleaner’ version could be played anywhere while some people prefer to listen to the original explicit version. Ultimately, censorship of music is a violation of an artist’s freedom of expression, but…

In the How a Member Votes module, this simulation was based on the voting of “yay” or “nay” on a bill. The bill was about flag desecration, which Wikipedia defines as “a term applied to the desecration of flags or flag protocol, a various set of acts that intentionally destroy, damage or mutilate a flag in public.” Often, this action is intended to make a political point against a country or its policies. In this process, I voted “yay” to yay pass the bill. The reasons behind my decisions are…

protect the community. There are many reasons why officials should not be able to monitor students’ online activity. For example, monitoring someone else's online activity and phone snooping is an invasion of privacy and a violation of freedom of speech. Gregory Diaz, a criminal suspect, agrees, saying, “Phone snooping violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” No one should be able to monitor someone’s online activity without their permission…

its helped us better the world. Libraries should never, in any case, be censored from the public. In the bill of rights, one of the most famous, and important amendments to americans in any time period is the first amendment, Specifically the freedom of speech. This right not only allows people to say whatever they want, it allows people to hear every side of an argument, and form their own opinions on many subjects, concerning our society…

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about how there has been a bit of controversy about an art students painting and whether or not it should be displayed at the art exhibition here on campus. It has been brought to my attention that in the painting the artist depicted herself as a sailor seducing her boyfriend who was depicted as a siren. Some people feel like the painting is pornographic while others believe that it is simply artistic. But is it really a big deal? A question that I’m pretty…

Media Censorship? The limits that have been placed in this world, as far as are placed boundaries that have always been in place on the world, as far as media, communication and entertainment are concerned, are slowly lifting away. We now have the freedom to believe, think and say what we want. However, don’t you think there are some things that should be left unsaid? This is where the question about media censorship comes in; it is when things that are allowed to be published, televised or…