Defamation

I developed in life a generosity and a craving for sympathy. A fear was to talk in front of a crowd. I botched my marriage speech at the reception with a nervous few words “ thank you for all coming” and sat down. My father leant over the table and told me to calm down. If that was an indication of terror, worse was to come in corporate business. I wanted to do something about it, as I could not escape life without at some point making a speech. So I went to a Dale Carnegie presentation in the…

Los Caprichos are a series of 80 prints by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The Caprichos, produced between 1797 and 1798, are a combination of etching and aquatint and were published in 1799. The pieces are a mixture of the beautiful, satirical and insane; over the course of the 80 frames, Goya challenges a wide variety of concepts in eighteenth century Spain where he lived. The etchings are considered a voice through which the artist cleverly questions clerical, social and political norms.…

Freedom of speech is a right that is granted to all American citizens, but even though it is a right in the first amendment many people take it for granted and some take it too far. The Phelps family are of those who took their right of freedom of speech and used it in a negative way. The Phelps family are the founders of the Westboro Baptist church, yet their practice of religion has nothing in relation to common Baptist churches. The Phelps family practice a rather negative form of protesting…

school, can suppress one’s freedom of speech. Though public schools argue that free expression of religion can lead to discrimination and can become controversial, they can not simply take the right away because the speech is “offensive”. The Supreme Court says, “In our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression” (“Restricting Religious Expression” 2). Therefore, out of fear, public schools can not simply limit the…

Historical background on the freedom of speech as part of the Bill of Rights. a. Anti-Federalist opposed the constitution until Bill of Rights. 2. Types of speech not protected under the Constitution. a. Fighting words. b. Imminent lawless action. c. Defamation, etc. B. How freedom of speech…

Scenario one: I write an unflattering story about neo-nazism and white supremacists in our age. People who support fascism have always taken an aggressive approach to deal with their enemies. Speaking out against them has the potential to put me or some I love in a situation that could result in physical violence, to silence me. I would take precautions to protect myself and family from these people. First, if I received any threats I would let my editors know. I would also try to keep my…

In my court case Witherwax v Transcare, Inc. 2005 NY. Transcare ambulance transported Witherwax to the hospital 2000, and the transcare employee didn’t recorded the right address for Witherwax resulting in Witherwax not receiving a bill for the services performed by transcare. Transcare sent witherwax bill to a collection agency. Witherwax claims that Paul Michael reported the debt to the three credit reporting agencies as being "seriously past due. Witherwax tried to resolve the debt, but…

The free speech in this country is an flexible as the law is. What I mean is, the Constitution is so vague, and so outdated, that it is up to the Supreme Court to interpret and determine what the law really means. But the law can be bent in different ways that will sway for someone else’s favor when it is convenient for them. The same goes for the freedom of speech. Since middle school, it’s been taught that we have the freedom of speech, but it’s limited. Like yelling that there’s a fire in a…

person who uses offensive language in front of children should be ticketed. The court has deemed a category of speeches that are not protected by the first amendment. Almost all speeches are protected by the first amendment. Fighting words, defamation, blackmail, true threats, and solicitations to commit crimes are…

Samuel Johnson uses many rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices in his essay “Rambler”. Rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices can be used in many different ways to argue a point, persuade, and make something memorable. The devices and strategies that Johnson uses include appeal to logos, and high diction. The first rhetorical strategy that Johnson uses is an appeal to logos. An appeal to logos is when an author appeals to the reader’s sense of logic to make the reader see their point…