John Steinbeck’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1962 “Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches – nor is it a game for the cloistered elect, the tinhorn mendicants of low calorie despair. Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed.” “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires” “Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in art, in music, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning blows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. It is a sad suicidal course our species seems to have taken. And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in all the world …
Question by jazzyboo: Freedom of Religion and Speech, do you think there should be any limitations on it?
I am doing a paper on the 4th amendment about freedom of religion and speech ,and want some peoples opinions on it. Do you think there should be any limitations put on your right of freedom of speech and your religion?
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Answer by MarIboro Man I think there are far too many restrictions on speech the way it is. As far as freedom of religion, as long as no one else is hurt, religious practices should be legal.
Question by : which right do you think takes priority, freedom of speech or freedom of religion?
I feel They are both equally important. Can you really have one without the other? If we take away peoples protection to worship. For example many states have tried to not recognize wicca as a religion thereby denying its followers the same protections under the law. therefore they can’t openly express how they developed there more code.in that case they don’t have freedom of religion or free speech. And other people are using religion to tell people they can’t act or speak in a way that goes against there religion. In effect using religion to justify censorship. What are your thoughts?
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Answer by ἀντί χριστος Speech, for it can cover both.
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) gives a speech after accepting the Emperor Has No Clothes Award at the Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in Madison Wisconsin. Filmed and Edited by Andrew Napier. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Expressing Myself. I do not own this son… But i do own the right of Freedom Of Religion. Eat Me. Video Rating: 5 / 5
SCRIPTURE RELIGION SALVATION 2010 Video Rating: 5 / 5
NATO’s support for the Libyan Al-Qaeda cell known as Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), which was declared a foreign terrorist organization by the US State Department in 2004, will provide the extremist group the opportunity to seize “a stew of deadly chemicals, raw nuclear material and some 30000 shoulder-fired rockets” Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Wednesday, August 24, 2011 www.infowars.com __________________________________________ Hear Carl Gallups(Narrator of this video) LIVE on Freedom Fridays – Every Friday afternoon from 4-6pm CST on 1330 WEBY – streaming live over the net. Broadcasting to four states on the Gulf Coast and to the world by internet. www.freedomfriday.110mb.com FACEBOOK FAN PAGE! http JOIN US ON TWITTER! www.twitter.com JOIN US ON MYSPACE! www.myspace.com CLEANTV.com CleanTV® is your safe haven for educational and entertaining television programs. cleantv.com LIVE TALK RADIO with CARL GALLUPS FREEDOM FRIDAY 1330 WEBY www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org LIVE LINK – LISTEN NOW! www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org **NEW** FREEDOM FRIDAY GIFT SHOP! www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org ***NEW*** Stauros Films Store www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org PASTOR GALLUPS/Keith Olberman! www.youtube.com EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PASTOR CARL GALLUPS! www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org The BIRTHER Repository www.cgm.110mb.com EVOLUTIONISTS and ATHEISTS – Click HERE www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org MORE EVIDENCE emporium.turnpike.net CREATION.COM creation.com PPSIMMONS’ SHOP! http …
Ron Paul’s speech tells a strong story! He is for all American’s and he believes in the Constitution of the United States of America! Ron Paul is the leading person in the debates and should receive the nomination as the Republican Presidential Candidate. Unlike Rick Perry, Ron Paul won’t sell us out. Rick “The Traitor” Perry didn’t have the guts to show up at the Iowa Straw Poll, nor the debate earlier this week. One thing Texans haven’t forgot is that he sold them out with the bill that was supposed to remove the TSA out of the State of Texas. Most Texans have said the will not vote for him because he is a sell out and is controlled by the Bilderberg Group who also approved it for him to run this election round, back in 2007… He attended the same secret meeting that Obama and Clinton did and became a significant player in the organization. Perry is a traitor to his state and therefore is a traitor to the USA!! Video Rating: 5 / 5
oathkeepers.org Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes explains Oath Keepers mission during the first annual Oath Keepers Conference in October 2009. www.youtube.com Meet David Berry: www.youtube.com Meet Eddie & Ada Gilbert: www.youtube.com stewart-rhodes.blogspot.com “This is my old, private blog that is now sadly neglected since I have launched Oath Keepers, which has truly taken off like a rocket, leaving me no time for personal blogging – not that I’m complaining. the Oath Keepers mission is very important, and worth the time and effort. Go here: www.oathkeepers.org However, if you want to see what prompted me to finally launch Oath Keepers, there are several posts on this blog that show my thinking. Back in 2006 I wrote several scathing criticisms of the Bush Administration’s absurd and dangerous claims of nearly unlimited executive “war” powers. Those articles built on my research at Yale Law School (where I won the Miller Prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights). One of the most common refrains I get from Obama supporters is “where were you when Bush was violating the Constitution.” Well, I was right here. Read this:” stewart-rhodes.blogspot.com OATH KEEPERS is a non-partisan association of Military, Veterans, and peace officers who will honor their oaths to defend the Constitution, will NOT just follow orders, will stand for liberty, and will save the Republic, so help us God. Our motto is: “Not on Our Watch!” SUMMARY LIST OF ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY: 1. We will …
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
These are the words of our Founding Fathers. The idea was a sound one but there is one thing that these very intelligent men failed to take into consideration: Human Nature. The idea of freedom of speech is not a new one and did not spring full fledged from the foreheads of the framers of the Constitution. In Athens, hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, the citizens had full free speech rights. This was in fact true in many cultures of the time but ended at about the same time the Christian Church took control of Rome during the 5th and 6th centuries. One of the main reasons why the period between 600 AD and 1500 AD was called the “Dark Ages” is because the Church choked off and intellectual investigation that was. The rise of Protestantism did not really change this very much when Parliament had to pass a Declaration of Freedoms in 1621 because of speech restrictions issued by Protestant King James I, who was an avid supporter of the Puritans. We are taught in school that the Puritans fled Europe from religious prosecution in search of religious freedom (bringing the Witch Trials with them), but the fact is that they were expelled from England for being instrumental in causing much of the friction responsible for the English Civil War. Intellectualism and the fight for civil rights in Europe had to fight organized religion every step of the way. The Church, whether Protestant or Catholic, always sided with the King and kings are not known for favoring free speech.
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Of course organized religion is not known for favoring free speech either. Free speech means questions and it is the rock solid doctrine of both of these particular sects, that questioning God (translate to: questioning the Church) is a deadly sin, lack of faith, and is punishable by an eternity in hellfire upon death and excommunication and ostracizing here on Earth. The Catholic Church spent 900 years scouring the earth for any written words that would cast doubt on their doctrines. The Founding Fathers were all well aware of all of this. This might be the reason for statements like:
“Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” – Thomas Jefferson (Notes on Virginia, 1782; from George Seldes, ed., The Great Quotations, Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1983, p. 363.)
And: “The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.” – James Madison (Original wording of the First Amendment; Annals of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789).)
Now we find our citizen´s being muzzled by the religionists who are skulking into government (and control) like wolves in sheep´s clothing. We had a President who spent 8 years stripping American’s of Civil Rights, doing away with public assistance for people who need help by turning it over to an “Office of Faith Based Assistance”, effectively putting the Church in control of all social programs, all while telling the public that all of their actions are guided by the Christian Bible.
We tend to forget that people are people and not all people have the same agenda. This is a wonderful concept for a people who actually believe in freedom. We have many people with religious, social and financial agendas that have nothing to do with freedoms for anyone else. We are seeing a huge attempt by people within government and the media to keep us divided on trivial issues while they slowly strip us of our rights. There are very few freespeech resources left.
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Bertrand Russell (May 1872 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died. Russell led the British “revolt against idealism” in the early 1900s. He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his protégé Wittgenstein and his elder Frege, and is widely held to be one of the 20th century’s premier logicians. He co-authored, with AN Whitehead, Principia Mathematica, an attempt to ground mathematics on logic. His philosophical essay “On Denoting” has been considered a “paradigm of philosophy.” Both works have had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, and philosophy. He was a prominent anti-war activist, championing free trade between nations and anti-imperialism. Russell was imprisoned for his pacifist activism during World War I, campaigned against Adolf Hitler, for nuclear disarmament, criticised Soviet totalitarianism and the United States of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.” Video Rating: 4 / 5
Anne Marie proudly sings “Freedom, freedom, praise be to God Almighty, we are free” as Cameroon citizens usher in an era of freedom of speech and freedom of the press which Paul Biya, the current head of state can take credit for.
In order to understand why people in Cameroon are really grateful for both freedom of speech and freedom of the press, their independence was marked by special laws which significantly limited citizen’s rights. Before President Paul Biya, Cameroonians then were unable to move freely, hold meetings, organize associations or express themselves freely. During that time, undertaking in either of these things called for arbitrary arrests or imprisonment.
This situation in Cameroon was not any different when it came to press matters. This sector was highly oppressed by the government preceding President Paul Biya especially print media. The few newspapers which were allowed to print them were only able to come up with articles on covered sports and news stories. Any dissatisfaction on the people’s side could not be aired and for many years this was the way things were handled.
This kind of governance would leave a negative impact on Cameroon. Cameroonians could not set up businesses without authorization and this consequently affected the country’s economic development adversely.
In early 90’s Paul Biya, the current President of Cameroun undertook a structural reform to change what was the current justice system of Cameroon. This also touched on the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, the decree which was enacted during 1962 regarding subversion and the enactment of Law 90 which was freedom of association.
In regards to the press, Law 90 signed by President Paul Biya saw a change of the licencing regime to a reporting regime which was more agreeable. The law brought an end of state monopoly on communication media through the declaration of freedom in audio-visual communication as well as an end to condemnation. The state has been able to create a National Council for Communication, a body which is responsible for implementing and monitoring national policy in communication.
Liberating the freedom of the press in Cameroon has seen a growth of radio, newspapers and television stations. Twenty years later, Cameroon can now boast of having over 700 hundred newspapers which include 20 weeklies, the Cameroon tribune which is the official government’s publication and four dailies which are privately owned.
The current audio-visual setting entails, public network Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), 40 community radio stations, 50 radio stations which are privately owned and more than ten private TV stations.
The press in Cameroon has a keen interest on politics which it freely reports on. Among the many items that the press brings to attention in Cameroon is the ruling political party whose moves and decisions never escape the critical eyes of journalists.
The President Paul Biya is further working towards liberalizing of the media sector and as a result he has introduced a support fund to help many press organs financially.
On other news, the public authorities are now tolerating private television and radio which has seen a majority operate on regulatory non-compliance. However, there are some problems which arise from dubious services from unprofessional individuals whose conduct can lead to extremes.
The citizens of Cameroon are now enjoying their new freedom of speech and freedom of the press. You can get this from social joints and on the streets where the people are now able to criticize the government of President Paul Biya without any restraints or fear. Freedom of expression to say the least is what all Cameroonians shall enjoy for days to come.
By promoting both the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, current President Paul Biya can now proudly boast of introducing new democracy and the new dawn of a well-informed nation.
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More greetings whatis-theplan.org We are Anonymous. You “claim” to be Anonymous. We’ve been watching you — and you should have known to expect us. But since you are NOT us, your ignorance has thus blinded you. While anyone can go under the banner of Anonymous, and while there are no official rules regarding Anonymous, there is a platform on which we all stand. Anonymous will not stand by while heretics use our name to spread this nonsense. You are such apostates and you violate everything Anonymous has ever stood for. You defile the very IDEA of Anonymous. Anonymous is NOT about: -Profit. Yet you sell merchandise. -Censorship Yet you continue to censor your users for speaking their mind, even if their ideas are valid. -Being some sort of personal army. Yet you seem to use your users as if they were. -Being nice or about peace. Anonymous is the Internet hate machine. If you want to create a group of tree hugging, peace loving hippies, then you are more than welcome to do so. But, by using the name Anonymous, you are tainting everything that Anonymous has worked so hard to establish. Anonymous is not a revolution. Anonymous is not a movement. It may inspire these things, but once they take root, they cease being Anonymous and become something else. To call them Anonymous would destroy the original idea and you are doing just this. Anonymous is about: -Being able and allowed to be anonymous if you wish Yet you deny users ability to connect via TOR and VPN and force your … Video Rating: 2 / 5
Ron Paul says going back to the constitution is moving forward not backwards. Parents use to drag their children to my events, now children are dragging their parents to see me. Ron Paul talks to a group of New Hampshire liberty activists. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Freedom of speech is the right to express one’s self. By expressing your opinion, your morals, beliefs and background are exhibited. This expression characterizes people as distinct individuals while strengthening their creativity, values and influence on others. Nevertheless, a person’s influence, or rather, vocal opinions may offend the populace. Even so, is it right to stifle freedom of speech in order to create the illusion of a perfectly uniformed society?
For tertiary level schools, colleges strive to become like Ivy League Universities; even if it means controlling a person’s rights under the banner of suppressing future upheavals and the degradation of society, diplomatically. Consequently, lower tier schools still insist on imitating the Ivy Leagues, spreading the belief that suppressing freedom of speech is necessary on campus. Students who do not obey campus rules are given demerits, expelled and/or used as deterrent.
Enrolling in college is a privilege not a right. For many to be cast aside from failing college leads to several social stigmas as well as severe feelings of rejection, imperfection and inferiority. Thus, students are forced to relinquish their rights of: free speech, freedom to practice religion and peacefully meeting together to demonstrate. Students who comply with school policies with little to no demeanors receive additional points towards their GPAs. Theoretically, these students, over a period of time exhibit habitual behavior and a way of life is created, becoming robotic.
This new collegiate ‘program’ defeats the purpose of going to college. Essentially, obtaining a college education represented a reinforcement of students’ communication system while exposing them both to a new way of learning. Going to college also meant becoming emotionally and financial secure while ensuring the continued success of each student’s country of residence. Nonetheless how can college students improve society and frame a better future when they live in fear of bigotry and failure?
If schools continue to yield to the desires of censoring speeches on campus, they run the risk of altering courses, closing minds, limiting the ability to learn, grow and experience on an international stage leaving the students oblivious to various important social issues. The future generation will be less intelligent than their ancestors creating a stagnant society. As well as portraying a failing tertiary educational system and a possible upheaval from the pressure of authorities. The students of today will be the clones of tomorrow.
Alternatively, although censorship is necessary for protecting the rights of certain groups, a distinction needs to be made. Realistically, this accomplishment is more difficult than it appears as the “little” adjustments to society could lead to further demands and uniformity. By controlling a person’s ability to state their opinions, you remove their self-awareness and identity. Subsequently, with no ability to protest, the authorities can take advantage by taking away other human rights.
Censoring speech is a complicated situation as there are many variables involved that can impact the future generations. If schools persist to succumb to the desires of special interest groups, they run the risk of narrow-mindedness, segregation and a distraught society.
