2006-10-01 13:27:29 · 12 answers · asked by Gardenfoot 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You mean like NOT being able legally to shout "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater when there is, in fact, no fire at all?
2006-10-01 13:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Walter Ridgeley 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Free speech isn't limited, you can say what you want. consequences can come, but you can say what you want. If you believe what you're going to say strongly enough to deal with those, then you should say it. If you don't, take a moment to see if it's really worth saying in the first place.
Also, people often confuse freedom of speach with other people's freedoms not to have to hear every idiot out there. Just cuz you have the right to speak doesn't mean you have the right to be heard. (If your newspaper doesn't print something you want printed but goes against their beliefs, that's your problem, they're supplying the materials for that paper.)
2006-10-01 13:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by Startoshadows 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course free speech should be even more limited. Not only should we bring back the Patriot Act, but anybody who has any thoughts that directly vary with that of our wonderful leaders Bush and Cheney should be hung.
Even the asking of this question induces thoughts and should be monitered. Net neutrality is very dangerous and all websites without right wing propaganda should be blocked and the owners and viewers punished.
Not only should free speech in America be banned, but any personal rights at all.
2006-10-01 13:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by Zack 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free speech is already limited - for good reasons, mostly by common sense laws.
If your speech is inciting a riot, causing harm to a person's reputation by lying, used to defraud, and there are many other examples that restrict what you can say when a reasonable person can assume the outcome will cause harm to another person or persons. Hate crimes are often just verbal.
2006-10-01 13:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no real reason to limit free speech if diplomacy and honor are intact.
2006-10-01 13:32:38 · answer #5 · answered by Reba K 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Startosha... is right. You have the right to speak, but you don't have the right to use my paper/radio station/television station/etc to do so. For those who yell 'freedom of the press' asked for their sources, freedom of the press does not protect your identity from being known.
2006-10-01 15:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. I may disagree with the views and opinions of others but would never interfere in their right to express them.
And I would never condone the actions of someone who did.
2006-10-01 13:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is limited, like yelling fire in a crowded theater.
2006-10-01 13:31:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but listened to with a wise ear.
2006-10-01 13:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by hldnmchll 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i think so because i agree w/ why it is limited
2006-10-01 13:31:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋