Freedom of speech is being talked about often recently‚ but it is becoming limited more and more before our eyes. Some people think this is a good idea‚ others are not thinking it is a wise choice. There are two sides for everything and each side has its own evidence. It is starting to become an issue that needs to be addressed. A college student named‚ Robert Van Tuinen‚ was stopped in his tracks when he was passing out books of the US Constitution. The college student asked about his freedom to
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I believe free speech is a part of America that makes it different and special than many other countries. It is something to be proud of and cherished‚ however not taken advantage of. It seems people are always toeing the line and seeing how far some laws can be pushed. As morally wrong as one may believe these things to be racism‚ sexism‚ and hate speech are permitted under free speech. I believe free speech should not be permitted no matter the consequences. I think speech that endangers others
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Hate speech as defined by the legal dictionary is described as follows: “Hate speech is spoken words that are offensive‚ insulting‚ and/or threatening to an individual or group based on a particular attribute of that person or persons being targeted. Targeted attributes include such traits as ethnic background‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ or disability‚ though there are other target attributes. In the U.S.‚ another term for hate speech is “fighting words‚” as such talk is likely to provoke an
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To me‚ having the right of freedom of speech means that I can voice my opinion wherever and whenever I feel the urge to without the fear of being prosecuted. The United States would be in an extremely weak state if citizens did not have the right to freedom of speech. Without freedom of speech in our Bill of Rights‚ people could not necessarily stand up for what they believed in. I think that if a person has a valid point or even an unvalid point that they want to voice nothing should stand in their
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Opening Speech Good morning fellow delegates and chair‚ Romania has generalized freedom of religion in its country‚ and created two different groups of religion based on their size and if they are recognized internationally or not. The smaller unrecognized religion could more often than not be recognized as cults or sects‚ which is what Romania is trying to combat. Romanian Orthodox believers comprise of 86.8 percent of the population. Roman Catholics make up 4.7 percent of the population‚ while
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Freedom of speech is the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. It also plays important role in society because people have a right to their own opinions‚ the majority of Americans agree that people should have the right to freedom of speech . Without freedom of speech a society would be very dysfunctional . One person can find a person words offensive ‚ now . even if it’s not causing any harm physical and it’s not breaking any laws . Speech is key when looking at a
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the question on how offensive speech is different from offensive conduct‚ we must first determine what each is. The United States Supreme Court attempted to define offensive speech in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire‚ 315 U.S. 568‚ (1942). In this case‚ the Supreme Court held that speech‚ which ordinary persons would know is likely to cause a fight‚ is offensive‚ and as such‚ it is not protected under the First Amendment (Michael‚ 2012). What this means is that any speech‚ which is intended to start a
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Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee Newton Minow gave his speech “Vast Wasteland” that drives the point of discussion with an insistent fervor‚ accentuating the need for the people to guide the direction of television programming to support the business‚ allowing it to not only survive‚ but strive. This claim is buttressed by initially establishing his credibility to help express his desire to protect the public‚ while also working to persuade the audience by sprouting claims that would
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What Freedom of Speech Means to Me The First Amendment‚ with the rest of the Bill of Rights‚ was ratified on December 15‚ 1791. The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments whose intend is to limit the federal government’s authority. The First Amendment protects citizens’ rights of freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ and to assemble. Freedom of Speech means that I can voice or write my opinion on any topic‚ no matter how strong‚ as long as my speech does not defame or tarnish another person
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Speech Communication 49 (2007) 861–873 www.elsevier.com/locate/specom Highly accurate children’s speech recognition for interactive reading tutors using subword units Andreas Hagen‚ Bryan Pellom *‚ Ronald Cole Center for Spoken Language Research‚ University of Colorado at Boulder‚ 1777 Exposition Drive‚ Suite #171‚ Boulder‚ CO 80301‚ USA Received 15 December 2005; received in revised form 20 February 2007; accepted 9 May 2007 Abstract Speech technology offers great promise in the field of automated
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