The First Amendment‚ Freedom of Speech could probably be considered one of the most powerful amendments of the Constitution. It is very important to distinguish the suitability of Freedom of Speech and its’ position under the First Amendment. The essay “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” presented by Derek Bok gives an example as to why this should be. In his essay Derek Bok responded to the presentation of the Confederate flag and the swastika by students at Harvard‚ with the expectation
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WR 121‚ 9:30am April 7‚ 2011 Summary of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” In “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”‚ the author‚ Derek Bok shows how expressing yourself falls under the First Amendment‚ whether it is on a private college campus or public college campus. He further explains that just because it is protected by law does not mean that it is “right‚ proper‚ or civil. Bok goes on to show how censoring freedom of speech would cause people to “test the limits”
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English 102-07 October 4‚2011 In Derek Bok ’s article:" Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus‚" Bok states his many interpretations of the actual meaning of the First Amendment. Universities all over the Untied States are finding it difficult to clarify the controversy over free speech. Bok ’s purpose in writing the essay is to bring out the differences between free speech and offensive material such as the display of Confederate flags and Swastikas‚ which was the situation at Harvard
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Freedom of Expression on the Campus Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus is about a Confederate flag on Harvard’s campus and the response to it a Nazi flag with a swastika. In the article Bok states that “symbols are a form of free speech and should be protected”. Even though‚ it is totally inappropriate and highly insensitive in this day and age. The First Amendment allows us the freedom to express our selves. Flag flying with symbols on them is one of these freedoms. Sadly though
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“Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” In Derek Bok’s article‚ “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”‚ Bok writes about what has been a long-lasting controversial issue in the United States: freedom of speech and expression. The author claims that though the acts are “insensitive and unwise‚” they are permitted‚ and lawfully so. Acts of expression are committed on a day-to-day basis and in a broad aspect of environments; some are offensive while others are not. Who
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communication is offensive enough to warrant prohibition or to weigh the degree of offensiveness against the potential value of the communication” (Para10‚ Bok) In this article‚ “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus‚ by Derek Bok I read about a situation that happened at Harvard University. At the campus there was two students who hung Confederate flags in public view. The article describes the amazing effect that it had on the college as a whole. A remarkable majority of the article
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ‘Freedom of expression’ is an amalgamation of several concepts and rights that includes freedom of speech and choice of what a person is allowed to say‚ do‚ hear‚ feel or express. If we break down the words and analyse them from their core‚ the simple meaning according to various dictionaries of freedom is ‘the power to determine action without restraint’ or ‘exemption from external control‚ interference‚ regulation‚ etc’ this implies that freedom is liberty without constraints
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hit after he made what many found to be offensive remarks toward an ethnic group. Looking at these situations it makes me ponder whether should there be limits to freedom of expression. I strongly believe that there should me limits to anything especially to the freedom of expressions. There should be limits to freedom of expression because we have to respect others. It is indeed undeniable that everyone has the right to speak what it is on their mind. However upon spewing out words on something
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Freedom of Expression: All people in the United States are guaranteed this right by the Constitution. Students‚ however‚ do not have this right to the same extent as adults. This is because public schools are required to protect all students at the school. The major aspects of this right are speech and dress. Both the right to speech and dress are not absolute in public high schools. According to the American Civil Liberties Union: "You (students) have a right to express your opinions as long as
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Freedom of Expression There are some issues and problems that are very hard to solve. Freedom of expression is one of them. Its hardship springs from the ambiguity of the term freedom itself. Philosophers always ponder on the question as to whether freedom has its own bounds‚ or it referres to the absence of any kind of restrictions. There are some people asserting that people can express themselves however they want‚ and all kinds of expression should be tolerated. However‚ In my opinion
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