All Comments on 'Freedom To Speak, Freedom To Listen'

You state your case very strongly and whilst I sympathise with the arguement, it is not always enough to say 'the other person does not have to listen'. Responsibility, as you say, needs to be applied hand in hand with Free Speech.

You hit it right on the head!

Clear, concise, well written. Great job! ~Minx

It's interesting how you preach freedom of speech when you are a hypocrite yourself.

Yes you have the right to voice your opinion but so do others. I notice that when someone criticise a writer's work or style and you would jump in to defend the writer and tell the writer to ignore those critics. Was the writer a close friend of yours?

So is that what you call freedom of speech?

I am the one who wrote this piece and I would like to respond to the person who called me on defending other writers from some comments made by others.

Yes, I have told the writer to ignore certain comments because it was my belief that they should do so. I liked what they had writen. I disagreed with what others posted, so I expressed my own thoughts, just as those who posted the comment I reacted to do.

And, as I said in my essay, I totally believe in freedom to speak my mind and I have to say, when I do, if the comment is positive or not so positive, I never use Anonymous to conceal myself.

Well written and thought out. Your not a hypocrite, telling somebody to ignore a comment is not censorship. Telling him to erase it would be. There just isn't enough here to separate you from the pack though. Kinda ho hum.

If I don't like something on TV or the radio, I can exercise my right of free speech and contact the broadcaster and complain. If I just change the channel/station I have passed my right to free speech. Nobody has the right to have an outlet Radio/TV/Newspaper carry their speech whenever they want. You just have the right to say it. Now I don't have the right to unilaterally remove something from the airwaves but if my speech persuades the owner to pull it or change it, then the system has worked. If the owner tells me to get lost the system has worked as well.

And if the government forbids certain types of Speech over the public airwaves say it on cable or on the street. The first ammendment doesn't say that all people should have the right to use channel 2 as a platform for their opinions.

I'm glad you choose not to be anonymous although I couldn't find greeneyelove in the phonebook. Are you unlisted?

well done, and good luck!

Somehow I missed this when it came out. Bravo. BTW your stories are great also

John

yeah...you have clearly stated how things should work... and as expected there are some who would attempt to muddy the waters, so to speak. What you said is right on, well written, crystal clear and concise. Well done!

As long as what's spoken is the truth... not someone's warped version of the truth... then say what's on your mind.

When it's false it needs to be quashed and rebutted.