Free Speech -- essays research papers

The Constitution of the United States states in its First Amendment that "Congress shall act no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise so or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the heap peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (Funk & Wagnalls 162). This Amendment guarantees to each one person of free speech. Does this mean that a person cigarette carry in the middle of the street and yell anything he wants? No, society, even though it cherishes freedom of speech, does give this freedom certain restrictions. Why does society materialize it necessary to restrict freedom of speech? Does this ensure a more(prenominal) controlled society? Let us imagine a society that has no restrictions of speech. For example, anyone can publish a false story of another person, just for revenge perhaps, and the offended person would not be able to exert himself because ther e is no restriction of speech. A neighbor in a residential area decides to use a loud microphone to tell his beliefs in the middle of the night, and wakes everybody up. Because that person has every right to speak, nobody can do anything. Even though this is "freedom of speech" it is not allowed in a civilized society. Free speech is a very disputable issue because who is really the one to decide what can or cannot be expressed. The freedoms stated in the First Amendment have been controlled for the prot...