imprisoned and even killed for just simply speaking

one’s mind. Speech is the basic vehicle for

communication of beliefs, thoughts and ideas.

Without the right to speak one’s mind freely one

would be forced to agree with everything society

stated. With freedom of speech one’s own ideas can

be expressed freely and the follower’s belief will

be stronger. The words sound so simple, but

without them the world would bee a very different

place. Without the right to speak freely one would

not be able to debt, nor would one be able to

receive full coverage on world issues. There would

be no interesting newspapers, no free religion and

no free thoughts. This amendment seems so simple

but, the boundaries of which issues and incidents

are covered are so complex and varied. What is

legal and illegal? What can be said and cannot be

said? Does this amendment include spoken word only

or does it include action also? What, if any,

limits should be put to this amendment?

As long as the government has existed, people

have battled over censorship. Censorship takes on

all different shapes and forms: banning of books,

television guidelines, laws that curb specific

an offended innocent in the crowd.7

that “ the actor knows will seriously offend”

The purpose of Indiana’s nudity

themselves? Oliver Wendell Holmes said:

trial is always telling the truth. This also falls

makes it just as hard for oneself. As proven over

The need for freedom of speech was first

but it cannot force a person to speak either. The

1989, the courts decided that “dial-a-porn” (sex

one to recant one’s beliefs after they have been

courts routinely supported the business leaders and

known as “expressive conduct”. The Supreme Court

been punishable by death for treason.

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