Freedom of Speech April 3, 2008
Posted by lee in Other.Tags: freedom of speech
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I think that freedom of speech means the right to talk without no one threatening you about the things you actually believe in. That means that nobody can stop you because that would be violating your right of speech. Even so, I think that you are not protected under the freedom of speech if you are not respecting someone with what you are saying. That may mean saying things that other people would take it offensively.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (US Bill of Rights).
Above is the American Bill of Rights the First Amendment. In this amendment, I think that they mean that we all have the freedom of speech. Here, we all are saying that we all have the same amounts of freedom of speech. However, minors do not have the same amount of freedom of speech. In the cases of New Jersey vs. TLO, Tinker vs. Des Moines, and In Re Gault (we studied them in our US History class), the minors all have different rights to than the ones that adults have.
Especially in the court case of Tinker vs. De Moines, which actually deals with the Amendment 1, I think that this is a perfect example of your freedom of speech being violated because the armbands were only helping them express their feelings and they were not distracting them from school because it’s an ordinary armband.
On Internet, I think that you also have the freedom of speech. Even so, I think that you should never give bad comments and you should never use foul language.
-Lee
