After finished reading the first article posted by Peter Singer, I’m quite confused by the author’s idea of pressing freedom. The author believes that the freedom of speech is essential to democratic regimes. But is that means that the democratic regimes have to face the consequences brought by completely freedom of speech? Can people feel secure when others can comment on whatever they like without being penalised? Can the government prevent conflicts successfully when everybody is enjoying the freedom of speech without considering others’ feelings? I don’t think so. I believe that everything has a limitation, so as the freedom of speech. People do not live on the earth alone; we live as a group called society. Thus we need to cooperate with others. I trust freedom of speech, but the ideas must come out in a way that everybody can accept—or you need a really serious reason to break this rule. In the case of David Irving’s cartoon, he uses other people’s belief to make fun and overstepped the border. As he breaks the rule without a believable reason he will and must be punished in order to keep the balance and peace of the whole society! There will never be completely freedom in this world as long as we humankind still live in societies.
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After finished reading the first article posted by Peter Singer, I’m quite confused by the author’s idea of pressing freedom.
The author believes that the freedom of speech is essential to democratic regimes. But is that means that the democratic regimes have to face the consequences brought by completely freedom of speech? Can people feel secure when others can comment on whatever they like without being penalised? Can the government prevent conflicts successfully when everybody is enjoying the freedom of speech without considering others’ feelings?
I don’t think so. I believe that everything has a limitation, so as the freedom of speech. People do not live on the earth alone; we live as a group called society. Thus we need to cooperate with others. I trust freedom of speech, but the ideas must come out in a way that everybody can accept—or you need a really serious reason to break this rule. In the case of David Irving’s cartoon, he uses other people’s belief to make fun and overstepped the border. As he breaks the rule without a believable reason he will and must be punished in order to keep the balance and peace of the whole society!
There will never be completely freedom in this world as long as we humankind still live in societies.
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