Freedom of Speech is our Constitutional right. It is important, because it separates us from other countries that don't have that privilege, and suffer consequences for speaking out. The fact of whether or not it goes to far, is all a matter of opinion. Facebook for example, I have friends who have certain views that are the opposite of mine. Sometimes they post things that are immediately offensive to me, but on the flip side, things that I may post may be offensive to them. We all have to understand that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, and we have the right to voice those opinions. Only when our words take away the rights of others does it go too far.
Separation of church and state is a necessity. There is no mixing government with religion, it would be impossible with the vast cultural mix of people that are citizens of the United States. I do think that religion should be encouraged instead of discouraged. It seems at this day in time, we are limited in how we can express ourselves religiously.
Defendant's rights are absolutely crucial to our system of government. Sometimes when emotions are high in a criminal proceeding, it may seem as if the defendant has too many rights, but in the broad spectrum of our legal system, they actually do not. Defendants are granted these rights for fairness, and to protect citizens from corrupt individuals with a crooked agenda. I believe if we cut out the rights of defendants, there would be a lot more wrongly accused individuals serving time for crimes they did not commit.
Blogs I commented on:
Robert Johnson
Sarah Ham
Dylan Thevenard
I agree with everything you've said. Especially our defendants rights I think it Is tough to watch someone that you know is guilty have the rights that they do, but they are necessary to insure that those that are innocent are not sentenced to a crime they did not comment.
ReplyDeletewell said i agree! most definately more people would be falsely accused etc. i agree too that everyone has a right to their opinions and beliefs and unlike our government and the lack of bipartisanship we all need to respect each other and work for the common good.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you brought up the point freedom of speech separates us from other countries, I think that's a great assessment. We have something very special in this country with freedom of speech. People in other countries probably do get punished for speaking out. Freedom of speech is definitely rare in some middle-eastern countries.
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