Everyone- and everything- has his own way of expressing himself. Sometimes, though, what we express may not be accepted well by others. Take the case of the Boston photographs. Here, a photo journalist has captured o

In studying both the case of the Boston photographs and of Texas v. Johnson, we see that oral communication is not the only means of communicating. Here, letters of disgust to the editors who allowed the printing of particular photographs and the burning of an American flag express the opinions of people. Also, the actual photographs were the journalist's means of communicating what he was a witness to on that dreadful day in Boston.

In other cases, the reactions to one person's expression are not as kind as a letter to the editor. Sometimes, the person initially expressing his idea may be shunned greatly, tortured by others, or- as in the court case of Texas v. Johnson- one may be arrested and possibly fined for his actions. Johnson was protesting the policies of the Reagan administration and of certain Dallas- based corporations. At the protest's end, Johnson burned

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)