Sunday, November 18, 2007
Freedom of Speech
After listening to the interview and Morse v. Frederick case, I believe the court should recognize that Joseph Frederick didn't do anything wrong and was just exercising his freedom of speech. He said in the interview that he was curious about what rights he had and what the limits were, so he decided to see how far he could get with the banner. Freedom of speech gives us the right to say what we want as long as it's not hurting anybody and in his case, disrupting education. He may have offended some people, but he didn't directly hurt them. I believe that students should still have freedom of speech in the classroom because the classroom is also located in the United States and the rules shouldn't change. As long as the learning process isn't altered by the comment, students should be able to think and say what they want. Freedom of speech is very important to a lot of people in the United States, including me. It allows people to express their opinions and beliefs. There are times when I like to say exactly what I think and the thought of getting in trouble for that is not fair.
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In the Morse v. Frederick, it is obvious that the student is just acting like a teenager. Despite the message being contradictive to the school's philosophy, and may have caused humiliation to the school board and the community, it does not insult any individual or cause real harm. Therefore his freedom of speech should be sanctioned by law. The school has no right to silence it’s students. If a student decides to express ideas at a time and place that are deemed inappropriate, it is for the peers, family and community members to scrutinize and condemn him/her.
I remember one time when I too wanted to say something in a classroom, but was not sure if I should speak up. I honestly do not believe the student's banner disrupted "the education process", like I said, the worst it did was offend someone maybe. I agree with Raven in that the school has no right to silence the student, and if the student's words are inappropriate, then it is up the the peers to discipline the student without taking away the right of freedom of speech.
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