Thank you for visiting this brand new blog, Freedom Outspoken. While this blog originated as a Journalism Writing Practicum assignment, I am very excited to use this blog as an outlet for my love for politics and writing.
As the name may reveal, this is a freedom of speech blog. In the coming months, this blog will feature the latest free speech issues from around the world. The recent protests in North-Africa and the way the governments of the countries involved have tried to cut off its citizens from the internet, fearing that they would tell the rest of the world about their undemocratic practices, have sparked the free speech debate around the world. These protests illustrated the great contrast between the freedom that we, in the west, enjoy and the lack of freedom experienced by those in other parts of the world. And while another topic is slowly fading to the background because of the legal problems of founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks dominated news stories for many weeks. The sensitive and secrete information that was published on the WikiLeaks website, which the US Government said could harm national security, raised the question what the limits of free speech are or should be. This blog will keep you up to date on the latest news regarding freedom of speech and the violation of free speech rights by government, government institutions, and other organizations. While the blog is intended to be predominantly informative, I will also let my personal views on recent issues shine through, one of the great privileges of the world of blogging!
I hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as I will enjoy writing it and feel free to comment on posts, join in discussions, and criticize and challenge my writings and my views. Shout it out!
Question. Does talking about giving the freedom of speech to citizens in another country impose democracy on that country? I'm all for giving people the right to speak up but fear that American's want everyone to live in a democratic society. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI believe in democracy, but agree that America should not impose democracy on other countries. I believe that it is possible, as we have seen in Egypt today, for citizens to start a revolution and overthrow an authoritarian government, IF that is what they want and believe is necessary. Some countries may thrive under systems other than democracy, but even then they should be allowed to state their opinion on the decisions of the government or ruler(s), even if this does not necessarily lead to change.
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