Freedom of Speech Attacked
This week prosecutors decided to drop two charges of felony misdemeanor on a Chicago land student, convicted for writing a stream of consciousness paper in wherein he wished violent acts upon students and faculty, mentioning his teacher by name.
While the prosecutors agree that the defendant had no intention of carrying out these acts, shooting his classmates and creative writing teacher, they also agree with the Bush administration in that freedom of speech is a right but no an “absolute right”.
This whole bloody thing reminds me of the old-fashioned American retort: “If you don’t like it, get out.” I mean come on; how can we expect a democracy to function if its own citizens don’t agree with everything the government says? It’s not as if we live in a multi-party state right?
This attack on free speech is appalling in a nation which claims to be the pinnacle of democracy in the modern world.
This entry was contributed by Tony Cella.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:38 am
yep things are getting crazy with regard to freedom of speech..i guess now we have the freedom to speck what u want if it is along the lines set by the government..
June 8th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I agree — attacking freedom of speech seems so pointless. I mean, we have other issues that would garner so much more attention (in my humble opinion) than paying attention to what students are writing. I think in many instancs, we need to get our priorities straight.