DUE MONDAY 4/23 Viewpoints

Supportive argument on why speech must be protected:

Free speech must be protected (allowed) for several reasons. A few of these reasons are: Free speech is in the constitution; it allows us to express our opinions; lastly, it keeps America free.
The right to express yourself is written in the constitution. That means that you would be breaking the law if you did not allow someone to express themselves. You could say that free speech is entitled to every US citizen and is a law.
One of the most popular arguments for allowing free speech is that it allows us to express are selves. We wouldn't be able to talk about this right now if it was not for free speech.
The last of my opinions that I will talk about is how free speech keeps America free. America is a free country was sorry does not mean you can kill someone and get away with it (sorry OJ, u know its true), rather it means that you can express your self in any way weather that be talking, buying certain stocks, refusing to do something (go on strike), or simply practicing the religion you want to believe in. Without the ability to express yourself you would not be free along with the rest of America.

Supportive argument on why we should put a limit on speech:

This section of the article focused on two similar things. One of them was talking about how things like "triple-x porn on Saturday mornings" should be banned, and how we are not strict enough on enforcing copyright laws. The other argument was focusing on 'stealth advertising'.
The first topic just said how there are some things that just are not right and should be banned. For instance showing "kiddie porn" or not enforcing copyright laws. It gave a physically imposable graph showing who thought copyright laws were not being enforced well enough.
I am just going to tell the truth here so bare with me: I have no idea what the rest of this article was talking about. It had something to do with stealth advertising, poop smeared on canvas, and fringe and core freedoms. I wil bring this up in class because someone has to understand it.

My opinion:

I think that free speech should be completely allowed and that there should be no such thing as censorship... sort of. I can understand why people do not want to have "triple-x porn on Saturday mornings". Although, no one really talks about the people that do want it. Since everything (yes even something like sesame street) can be found offensive i think that broadcasters should have a warning be everything that simply sums up what is about to be shown and that it may be offensive. This also ties into copyright laws somewhat. I think that copyright things like the name 'google' should be restricted for anyone to use without the owners consent. If any one is to be found using 'google' that the authorities should report that to the entitled owners (google) and they should decide if they should be punished or not.