Benjamin Franklin once said, “If all printers decided not to print anything until they were sure it would offend no one, very little would be printed.” It is impossible for any author to think of everyone who could collect his books. It is impossible for any author to care about every reaction to their book. […]
Tag Archives: First Amendment
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Jan
Jan
In the news recently there have been multiple passionate conversations about our individual’s freedom of speech, the basis of our first amendment. What exactly is the first amendment? And why is the first amendment such a difficult issue when it comes to people exercising this right? Even today the right to follow the first amendment […]
“The Assembly shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the mob, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government. Matters of repeated grievances” (Amendment 1, US Constitution ). There has been a […]
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Dec
Dec
The First Amendment ensures freedom of speech and of the press, expressions necessary to a democratic society, and the Internet has the potential to give many people in any society an open forum to voice their concerns and to reach a large audience. Pornography and other graphic materials existed before the Internet, but the technology’s […]