Freedom of speech is a right we all have but shouldn’t there be an extent to this? In my opinion you shouldn’t be allowed to say everything on your mind. If people said anything they want to anyone they want, we would have many other problems in this world and that is the last thing we need, another problem to solve. Therefore freedom of speech should have an extent or it might cause arguments among individuals, teach the wrong morals the younger generations and cause more media corruption.
The first reason why there should be an extent to freedom of speech is the fact people won’t think twice of what they say, for example a comment is made on someone’s beliefs or regarding someone’s sexuality. This might cause some arguments between individuals both physically and verbally or even might become a hate crime. Thus this “freedom of speech” might cause people to break other laws, because not everyone can just talk things out.
The second reason why I believe that there should be an extent on freedom of speech is the fact we give the wrong morals to the younger generation. They will grow thinking that they can say anything to anyone without any consequences. An example of wrong morals being taught to the young generation would be if an individual who does not like a certain race walks around saying whatever he wants in front of kids. We make them think it is alright to treat people badly because they are different by not punishing the individual. This will cause many problems especially since we live in a culturally diverse society where everyone is different.
The final reason why I believe there should be an extent to freedom of speech is the fact we will have more media corruption. For example if someone who is writing a newspaper article on anything from food critics to interviews goes around writing negative things about people they don't like or a group they don't like. This will give people more reasons to hate each other with their opinions regarding anything that does nothing to do with fact of the issue like sex, colour, and religious beliefs. An example would be Iraq all we see is bloodshed by only an individual race we never see any good things because these good moments don't get views. The fact is we get a bad impression of the Muslim community. This is only one of the many races that are given a bad name the fact we label them as Muslim terrorist , Somalian pirate , and Sikh terrorist shows we are basing it on the background. Since when does your ethnicity decide the person you become, a criminal is a criminal.
In conclusion freedom of speech will cause alot of problems if there isn’t a extent to this. The last thing this world this needs is another problem and freedom of speech causes problems like arguments among individuals, teach the wrong morals the younger generations and cause more media corruption.
Hey Tajvinder, I was looking over your journal, and liked the points you stated (like arguments, fights, and the teaching of unmoral actions through the mass media). Like you said in your journal, if the freedom of speech laws were unlimited, there would be more creation of fights, both verbal and physical. Not only that, but someone saying anything to young children would be teaching them wrong; and then when they grow up into adults, they would spread hatred through speech to their children as well. Because our society is very diverse, consisting of many different races, speech has to be regulated carefully. In the media, which you brought up in another one of your points, only the bad sides of news is really given, leading to the creation of stereotypes, singling people out in a society. Anyways, I thought you explained your points well, even giving good examples of what would happen if the freedom of speech wasn't controlled.
ReplyDeleteFair assessment Tajvinder, the reason there are limits to freedom of speech is because there needs to be restrictions so people do not spread hate. Good.
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