The Commencement Address Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is. My own commencement speaker‚ who shall remain nameless‚ began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This raised my expectations‚ and then he went onto speak for 26 minutes‚ so I’m just going to tell you now: 12 minutes flat‚ 11:45 if you don’t laugh. Congratulations to all of you here
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To the personalities from the Department of Education from the division leve and the district‚ headed by Schools Division Superintendent ____________________________ and the District Supervisor _______________________________‚members of the Sangguniang Bayan headed by Hon. Mayor Boogle Ona and Hon. Vice Mayor Reynante Macalindong ‚ the principal‚Mr. /Ms. _______________________ ‚members of the faculty‚ teachers‚ parents‚ everyone here and to you my fellow graduates‚ a pleasant day to all. Today‚
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someone religion aims only to disturb the public order. The book named as Gandhi hatya Ani Mee was confiscated by the judicial Magistrate as it promoted the hatred between Hindu and Muslims. The Bombay High Court stated and restricted the use of hate speech. The court stated that “‘It may be good policy to balance the width of a power by the width of a remedy afforded to prevent the abuse of that power. But that is for the Legislature to consider. A Court called upon to construe the nature and content
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Noun Pronoun A noun is a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. Person girl boy teacher Place school home store Thing pencil jacket dog Idea courage love boredom Verb A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. It may take the place of a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. I it you we Adjective she they he me A verb can tell the action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express state of being. Action run jump sit ask think talk
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Free Speech on College Campuses Universities are considering adopting speech codes that would put a ban on offensive‚ demeaning‚ and provoking speech. The developments of these speech codes are not necessary. Sheltering students from speech that might offend them is patronizing to say the least. Do college officials really believe the students are too weak to live with the Bill of Rights? The fact of the matter is that speech codes on college campuses are threatening students’ freedom of speech
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Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. Early Americans enjoyed great freedom of speech compared to citizens of other nations. This strength was achieved through the exercise of the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. The right of free speech is held by all of us. Any attempt to limit that freedom for some‚ including the bigot who expresses prejudiced‚ wrong‚ and hateful opinions‚ risks limiting that freedom for all of us. The U.S. Constitution says that we
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Against Hate Speech Hate crimes are done too frequently in the United States. Although we have laws that supposedly regulate them‚ many people still feel the need to commit acts of violence on people that are different than them. Many of these crimes originate with some sort of hate speech. People get ideas from other people‚ passed down from previous generations. Some people don’t find anything wrong with verbally abusing another human. Some world leaders have participated in hate speech‚ hate
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the freedom of the press? Expression through speech is one of the basic guarantees provided by civil society. Freedom of speech enjoys special position as far India is concerned. The importance of freedom of expression and speech can be easily understand by the fact that preamble of constitution itself ensures to all citizens inter alia‚ liberty of thought‚ expression‚ belief‚ faith and worship. The constitutional significance of the freedom of speech consists in the Preamble of Constitution and
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Propaganda in the Online Free Speech Campaign Propaganda and Mass Communication July 1‚ 1996 In February 1996‚ President Bill Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996‚ the first revision of our country’s communications laws in 62 years. This historic event has been greeted with primarily positive responses by most people and companies. Most of the Telecommunications act sets out to transform the television‚ telephone‚ and related industries by lowering regulatory barriers
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Freedom of speech and expression The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ 1 adopted in 1948‚ provides‚ in Article 19‚ that: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek‚ receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.[1] Technically‚ as a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly rather than a treaty‚ it is not legally binding in its entirety
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