2006-08-03 11:17:04 · 16 answers · asked by vanilla_dropz 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
nothing in life is free, not even free speech.
2006-08-03 11:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
running a telephone service costs money. there are always new lines to be put up, maintence on the existing lines, and nowdays there is the need for communications satellites. you also need people to work on these things and keep all the problems to a minimum. this takes a lot of money.
"free speech" doesn't mean it's free to talk to anyone. free speech means that you have the right to say whatever you want (within certain limits). it costs a lot of money to make the telephones work, and that's what you're paying for when you pay your bill.
2006-08-03 18:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why in a country of free speech there can't be hate speeches?
Hey, I'm totally against hate rethoric, but it IS kind od contradictory, huh?
2006-08-03 18:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you're paying for the cost of a tool which allows you to speak to someone not in your immediate vicinity. It in no way hampers your right to free speech. It's a convenience.
2006-08-03 18:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Maya M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of a little thing called capitalism (free speech's little bratty brother!) LOL
2006-08-03 18:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by A M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you work for the phone company for nothing?
If the answer is no - that answers why phones and phone lines are not free.
2006-08-03 18:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by redcarol57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's easy, when they wrote the constitution, there were no phones.
Free speech, only carried as far as one's lungs could project one's voice. And after all, we are a Capitalist Nation after all.
2006-08-03 18:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by johnb693 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the price we pay... so, free speech is not for free I think!
2006-08-03 18:21:41 · answer #8 · answered by divacobian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along with free speech we have free enterprise. m
2006-08-03 18:21:19 · answer #9 · answered by Mache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha!! Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? Speech is free - getting someone to listen is what costs the money!! - have fun..
2006-08-03 18:28:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋