by I AM ME » 4/4/2006, 5:59 pm
I think that feedom of speach is essential. But at the same time, it MUST be tempered with civility and a lack of bigotry. Sharing of ideas in a logical, unbiased debate is fine. But when a person becomes bigoted (which is never unbiased), or acts in a way intentionally offensive to another it's no longer free speach it's an attack on another person's psyche. Debate's main goal should not be to offend another person but rather to exchange ideas, enlighten others, and ultimatly come to the right decision on matters. To often now debate is not for these reason's, people come at it with a single-pointed, closeminded approach. There is no open minds exchanging ideas, it's one person trying to trick, trap, and out word a person into submission, and acceptance of their point of view.
Freedom of speach is one of the most important rights a society can have, but people need to be mature about it to avoid it's abuse and revocation.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month