Freedom of Speech
What is Freedom of Speech?
Freedom of Speech is the right introduced by John Peter Zenger. Freedom of Speech means to speak or share ideas freely without any limitations. There are many terms to this right. It has to be valid, which means that you can’t say anything other than the truth. You also can’t insult someone or some organization by saying rumors about them or there will be severe punishments. Freedom of Speech also allows a person to follow his or her religion freely and nobody should disrespect another religion. There are some countries that do not have Freedom of Speech as their right. I think there should be Freedom of Speech globally and respected by everyone.
How is it related to blogging?
I think that Freedom of Speech relates to blogging as we are allowed to publish anything and share new ideas with anyone as long as it is valid. Insulting someone or threatening someone by publishing something that is not true which affects the person, might lead to a severe punishment which may end his or her blogging. This can be called libel. Freedom of Speech is a great right which lets all of us share many different ideas about things and it lets us learn new things and teach things at the same time. I think it should not be misused because you would not want to have it taken away from you.
