Freedom Ride

Monthly amount paid by govt. to Assam (India)

2000 crores.

Or will a 3rd party break this vicious cycle and get us back to a Democratic Republic.

I’m looking at Angela Merkel and thinking even Germany’s Green Party sold out to the NWO. So we’re screwed.

It’s over man. NWO and Illuminati are the puppet masters and the masses are like cattle headed to slaughter.

The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The ICCPR recognizes the right to freedom of speech as "the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression." Furthermore freedom of speech is recognized in European, inter-American and African regional human rights law.

The notion of freedom of expression is intimately linked to political debate and the concept of democracy.

Surely we want the right of the press to inform us of torture at Guantanamo and Abu Gharaib. We want to have that right? Do you agree?
X-Rouge – I am an old spirit and have seen many regenerations/incarnations. But I do not recall having met you before. You seem like a new spirit. As you move on, let me pass on some advice to you: Ignorance and Fear, are the two pillars of bigotry, that are powerful allies. Each supports the other. It worries me that ignorance seems to be on the increase as people are persuaded by “true believers” of every kind to value belief over thought.

I’ll use the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as an example to support my viewpoints. Under this charter, "freedom of expression" is listed as a "fundamental freedom", under section 2. Freedom of expression has been described as being "difficult to imagine a guaranteed right more important to a democratic society". The reason for this is because in a democratic society, the way a government is structured depends on the expressions and speech of the people. As long as your freedom of expression doesn’t violate someone else’s right to security and safety of person in terms of violence, you are allowed to express yourself.

This however, doesn’t mean that the media is free to inform the public of everything it wants to. Like the case with Wikileaks, for example. The website along with its leaked documents, allowed the media to really be able to talk about what has really been going on behind closed doors of the US government. The media is censored, of course, because as the citizens of a democracy, we somehow don’t get the privilege of outlining what we want to hear on the news. (Torture at Guantanamo Bay is something that many people have known about already, keep in mind. I was brought to the case by Omar Khadr).

The question is, do most people really WANT to hear about everything that has been going on? Personally I would sleep better if I had not known about what prisoners are subject to in some prisons. I would sleep better if I had not known about the excursions of Canadian soldiers in afghanistan, and I would sleep better if many of the news I currently know about I remained ignorant to. However, I don’t get to decide that. The reason for this is because again, this freedom of speech has not violently harmed me in any way, therefore I have to allow myself to have an ear open to what the media is reporting, even if it is being censored by the government. Without freedom of speech, our society would resemble more of a totalitarian regime, where I would not be allowed to voice my opinions on current situations. Nothing could be worse than not having a say. It is because of out democratic principles that have been drilled into me from birth that my worldview is such. However I do not deny that in my opinion, the need for freedom of expression and speech is of the utmost importance. Without everyone having expression, every citizen would be the same and the concept of "individual" is lessened significantly.

There are many politicians in India, who are the so called "Saviours", who speak very abruptly.

Few of them speak in public meet to gain populance.

For the sake of innocent people (of same lanuage) aborad in another country, they abuse Indian integrity. They even warn India against its sovereignty and integrity.

Indians have freedom of speech but, it should not be used in abuse of nation.

What should be done to shed these thorns who misuse the freedom of speech?

You can not stop them. Actually they are marketing themself. You can ask the most exp.mkting person you know that whether mkting is done on truth?
Ya you can decrease the effect of it if media supports us by not covering their speech

I’m no conservative but I fail to see why people are justifying the actions of Julien Assange in the name of freedom of speech.

The wikileak disclosures are not criticism of government or someone expressing their political viewpoint. They are disclosing state secrets. If my grandfather publicly announced the plans for D-Day in early 1944 would this be acceptable in the name of freedom of speech?

He didn’t steal the info for starters….he just distributed it.

But I think both sides have a point. 1) the government needs to be more transparent and them keeping secrets is keeping a so-called democracy in the dark 2) there is a line on what really needs to stay secret and so far Assange hasn’t tried to define it

Do you think what he has posted is really as sensitive as the plans for D-day? I would say no, up until his last leak, which may have crossed a line.

In any case…it’s debatable. It’s not a "he’s a hero" or "he’s a traitor" thing. People that are that lopsided are always wrong.

In the USA there is freedom of press and freedom of speech. Although I noticed many things between people with opposing views tell each other to "shut up" or media censors. There are some stories when a person says something fake like "there’s a bomb" as a joke but can get arrested for it.

It seems freedom of speech has limits. Does freedom of speech have limits or can one not be allowed to disagree without being censored or arrested?

Provide your insight to this issue. Thank you

True freedom of speech doesn’t exist in America. They tell you, "You can say whatever you want!…except you can’t say this and that". The examples you gave are right and good examples of lack of true freedom of speech. Of course, these limitations are supposedly put in place to protect everyone else and their rights, which I think, to an extent, is acceptable. (Like the bomb example). But as for cuss words and media censors, I think, should not exist.

Will we ever live in an America with complete, freedom of speech? I don’t believe so, and to be honest, I think the limitations will get more extreme from here. This is only the beginning.

If you say something sexually bad to someone, and it is marked as sexual harassment, I believe it is injustice. We have the freedom of speech.

Please tell my why it would be sexual harassment even though we have freedom of speech.
What if it isn’t threatening? What if someone says to an opposite gender person that they have hairy private parts. Would that still be considered threatening?

The right to free speech is not guaranteeing anyone in the United States that they can say whatever the hell they want to someone and it’s okay. It’s more to do with the government, and how citizens are allowed to protest and say what they wish about the US without it being against the law. Sexual harassment is not included in this amendment.

If slavery never ended, would the Africans and Native American fight for freedom or would they be too scared to fight against the colonists and slave owners? And if they decided to fight for freedom, would they succeed?

I’d fight and probably kill a couple hundred people before they killed me.

I’m doing a project for my civics class and I have explain the benefits of freedom of expression. My topic is on gay marriage and right so I created a sign saying "Albus Dumbledore supports gay marriage." Would this be freedom of speech or freedom of assembly? In my picture, there aren’t any other people holding signs so what would it be?

Freedom of speech

just something i heard so… ya
Dont think about this too hard, its a simple question…

First part, no.

Second part, yes.

You said not to think too hard. LOL