courtroom environment is like responding to someone who calls your mother

a prostitute. By defending you raise the question that maybe she really

The right to freedom of expression can be described as a war. It is a

war that has lasted for centuries and may last for centuries more. It is a war

between freedom of expression and social intolerance. In this war there are

many battles. The battle on which this brief essay centers itself is the battle

between freedom of speech and laws limiting that freedom; more specifically the

ability to spread hate propaganda and the "hate laws". Included in the essay is

a brief outline of one skirmish that has taken place (Keegstra ). Those who

fight on the side supporting freedom of speech do so for several reasons. Braun

declares that it is a basic democratic right to voice your own opinion .

Douglas Christie has gained notoriety for his vigorous representation of high-

profile, controversial clients, charged under the hate laws. He advocates

freedom of speech for two main reasons: a) he finds it abhorrent that the state

can legislate thoughts and words, and b

state, or are they fundamental rights that the state must simply uphold? This

My own feelings on the matter were best described by Justice McLachlin

scandal, I don't care whether what the guy said is true, false,

criminal action. Ramraj's second main argument is that there is very definitely

freedom of speech. This is not an all encompassing view, of course; threats

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