does free speach mean being able to yell GUN on a crowded plane, the right to cuss at children on the street, does it mean being able to post pornography on kids sites, or church doors, does it mean the ability to harrass people on vacation with thier families?
and if it does should every aspect of it be protected?
2006-08-06 12:27:41 · 10 answers · asked by ben s 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
There is a most wonderful quote, I believe by Nathan Hale (do you recall your history?) that says:
"My right to swing my arm stops just before where your face is".
That says it all. I can do nearly anything I want, but I don't have the right to hurt someone else, or endanger someone else. It's the same with speech. I can say what I think, but I cannot purposely slander someone unless I can actually prove that what say is true. I should not be able to harass anyone, or embarass anyone or offend anyone with my language. We have freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility. If you can act responsibly you don't deserve the freedom
2006-08-06 12:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. And the courts have ruled that way for at least a century now.
Harassment is not speech. It's conduct. And conduct can be regulated more heavily that the content (message) of speech.
Just like it's allowable to regulate the time/place or manner of expression, without regulating the content of the message.
And there are also specific exceptions for actions likely to cause imminent harm, such as fighting words, true threats, defamation (libel/slander), or the ever-popular "Yelling fire in a crowded room". I guess it's been long enough that the Coconut Grove has been forgotten and the "yelling gun on a crowded plane" is the new analogy. But it's almost as applicable, and more familiar, so we'll go with it.
What is protected is the ability to express a message (content). Even where there are regulations about how and where and when, the laws must allow some other reasonable avenue by which the speaker can express the inherent content of the message.
Or put at its most simple, the 1st Amendment protects primarily what you want to express to others, not how you go about expressing it.
2006-08-06 12:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lella's views on Freedom of Speach. AKA, my rules:
*no cursing at children under the age of 12.
*no talking about sex until you're 16, minus sex-ed, rape victims, awareness, etc.
*no yelling "trigger words" in governmental buildings.
*no saying anything racial at all!
*no pornography that can be viewed by those under 18.
*no pushing your religion on others in such a way that it is annoying or can make someone feel really uncomfortable
*no harassing others.
*no cursing when you're angry, that doesn't show your point anyway.
Basically, I have one rule--you speak, explain, and detail your speach without profanity. I'm 15, and I've been practicing this ever since my 12 year-old brother started cursing me out on a regular basis. I tell people not to curse when they are angry because they can explain the situation with words that are not hate-filled. Cursing is such a waste of vocabulary, anyway. Come on, there are so many other words that we can use to explain what we are talking about or what we are mad about.
That's basically it, but only for me. Everyone has their own standards, mine just seem to be more mature than most people who are my age. Then again, it may also be because of my upbringing and my religion. I don't really care anyway because I'm very happy with the way my life is. No cursing is just fine by me...that is, unless I'm by myself or proving a point in a certain way in a joke or something. lol... myeh, maybe not really, but you get my picture.
-Lella^_^
2006-08-06 12:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free speech can still be regulated as to MANNER and PLACE. Yelling 'Fire" in a crowded theatre is the example Justice Holmes gave of a type of speech that was not protected, for example. Obscenity is not protected speech.
However, sometimes the Supreme Court needs to watch a film over, and over, and over to determine whether it is obscene...
2006-08-06 13:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This has been explained in the laws that govern us. You cannot yell "Fire" in a crowded theater for example. If you are aware of any of these things, call the police.
2006-08-06 12:33:04 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of speech crosses the line many times in easy words even as making a danger to someone. except that, incredibly a lot something is going, even even if it truly is stupid or incorrect. As for instructors. they could say even with they want, yet they ought to coach in accordance to the approved curriculum. A instructor should be allowed to say "i imagine a pound of sugar is area of a healthful weightloss plan", (keyword: "i imagine") yet they couldn't declare it as fact. they ought to in easy words coach data approved by ability of the faculty district. for sure, any reliable instructor could circumvent injecting their personal personal bias and in no way even say what they imagine and only coach the difficulty as is.
2016-11-23 13:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by melaine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read up on the law. Those examples have already been addressed.
2006-08-06 12:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...lack of education means invest in education.not in the police and the army to fill the gap...but noone seems to understand thousands of years now
2006-08-06 12:49:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a liberal, yes, that's what it means. After all, he rarely ever tells the truth now.
2006-08-06 12:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know that you can't tell lies about people. You might end up in court.
2006-08-06 12:32:45 · answer #10 · answered by Baby Bloo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋