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

Some say fighting words such as ethnic slurs

makes it just as hard for oneself. As proven over

Dancing nude is an expression of one's body,

Texas law violated the First Amendment, "If there

that " the actor knows will seriously offend"

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