—GhandiFreedom of Speech
If you look at today's USA Today, you'll find several interesting articles that have a similar theme.
First, there's the story on the front page about how Congress is rambling headlong toward greater restrictions on advertisers and how they market foods and drinks to kids. Ultimately, our government is going to bar certain kinds of commercial speech from shows targeting kids. It would be hard to imagine congress banning the portrayal of unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and promiscuous sex from Real World without every comedian in the country making jokes about these draconian methods isn't it? And rightfully so.
The second story is about the case soon to be heard by the Supremes. The bottom line is this: Some universities want to restrict military recruiters from campuses. They're taking the position that it's immoral to make them allow recruiters on campus as long as the military holds the current position it does on gays in the military.
Let's get this straight (no pun intended). FAIR (Forum for Academic and Instructional Rights) believes free speech is all about allowing you to restrict the speech of those with whom you disagree.
It's seems as if the world has gone mad. Congress wants to restrict free commercial speech, when instead parents should just be turning the TV off and writing letters to the networks if they don't like what the advertisers are saying.
Students and faculty should be protesting and writing and speaking if they don't like what the government is doing.
Both these stories illustrate have far we have shuffled away from personal responsibility. After all, personal responsibility is simply a person having the ability to respond. If your views are never challenged then you are unable to develop an intrinsic value system that is unshakable, and boy is that needed now.
First, there's the story on the front page about how Congress is rambling headlong toward greater restrictions on advertisers and how they market foods and drinks to kids. Ultimately, our government is going to bar certain kinds of commercial speech from shows targeting kids. It would be hard to imagine congress banning the portrayal of unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and promiscuous sex from Real World without every comedian in the country making jokes about these draconian methods isn't it? And rightfully so.
The second story is about the case soon to be heard by the Supremes. The bottom line is this: Some universities want to restrict military recruiters from campuses. They're taking the position that it's immoral to make them allow recruiters on campus as long as the military holds the current position it does on gays in the military.
Let's get this straight (no pun intended). FAIR (Forum for Academic and Instructional Rights) believes free speech is all about allowing you to restrict the speech of those with whom you disagree.
It's seems as if the world has gone mad. Congress wants to restrict free commercial speech, when instead parents should just be turning the TV off and writing letters to the networks if they don't like what the advertisers are saying.
Students and faculty should be protesting and writing and speaking if they don't like what the government is doing.
Both these stories illustrate have far we have shuffled away from personal responsibility. After all, personal responsibility is simply a person having the ability to respond. If your views are never challenged then you are unable to develop an intrinsic value system that is unshakable, and boy is that needed now.
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