FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION SHOULD BE CURTAILED? Freedom of speech has been said to be the foundation of modern democracy‚ and a fundamental part of the Western civilization. According to statistics‚ pretty much everyone claims to support freedom of speech. The claimed support of freedom of speech is widespread even amongst Muslims‚ of who over 90% support it. However‚ I’m positive that the numbers would be different if the question was whether it should be legal to draw cartoons about the
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was a Virginia legislator who was known for his opposition to the Sedition Act of 1798. The Sedition Act was originally part of the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ which were passed at the anticipation of war between our nation and the French. These acts‚ particularly the Alien act were specifically aimed at the French immigrants who were waiting for their citizenships. Americans did not really care about those laws except for the Sedition Act. A lot of Republicans including George Hay opposed to this law
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Freedom of Expression The First Amendment to the constitution guaranties freedom of expression. The framers of the Constitution believed this freedom was essential to a strong democracy. The intent and value that the founders saw as one important principal is the freedom of expression though speech because it allowed people the freedom to communicate freely in different ways. This essay will explain how freedom of expression has influenced the court system‚ media‚ and assembly. To cite an example
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and because we have an opportunity to make those dreams come true" This is a quote said by Wendell Willkie. Americans can have dreams and make them come‚ we can do this because of the First Commandment. The first commandment is Freedom of Expression. Freedom of Expression means we can say what we want and and do what we want and not get punished for it. Because of the First Commandment some professional football players do not stand for the Pledge Of Allegiance and National Anthem. They do have
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Today we have many different types of Dance: hip-hop‚ jazz‚ Irish dance‚ Ballet‚ and many more. During the Renaissance time period witch is from the 1300s to the 1600s‚ they had different types of Dance too Most dances were very similar‚ and the music during this time had a lot to do with the Dance too. The two main types of dance during the Renaissance were Court dance‚ and Peasant dancing. Court dances were done for entertainment and more complex‚ the courtiers would hire dance masters to come
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internet also offers greater freedom that it has no exact rules in expressing personal thoughts. This freedom‚ allow people to be free to say whatever they want‚ placing an extraordinary priority on their own individual rights‚ frequently to the disadvantage of the right of other people. As said by Willard (1997)‚ the net is a new frontier that offers a kind of freedom not generally formed in the real world. It is an environment where there is not only greater freedom‚ but where the laws rules‚ and
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2.0 WHY MALAYSIAN NEED SEDITION ACTS? : To curb elements that caused disunity. “The Act is still relevant and necessary to curb the action of some people who are out to create chaos and disunity among society. Keeping the act is not for the interest of certain parties including BN but it would be able to prevent some people from playing up issues on religion‚ race and the institution of Malay rulers‚” said Selangor opposition leader Datuk Mohd Shamsuddin Lias in a meeting at the lobby of the Selangor
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ITM 440-‐540 Introduc0on to Data Networking and the Internet 03/03/12 1 Router Architectures • There are 3 steps a router must follow to process and forward a packet to the next hop. – Check an incoming packet for errors and other parameters – Look up the des0na0on address in a forwarding
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The Sedition Act of 1798 For the first few years of Constitutional government‚ under the leadership of George Washington‚ there was a unity‚ commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans‚ ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." Although legislators had
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other consecutive number or combination of words‚ oral or written. The Malaysian Sedition Act 1948 disregards this vital prerequisite by substituting ‘intention’ with the idea of a ‘seditious tendency’. The Act clearly specifies‚ in section 3(3)‚ that the intention of an accused person is irrelevant if they committed an act which has a seditious tendency. Thus an individual who had no intention of committing sedition can be imprisoned for up to three years simply as a result of uttering something
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