Freedom of Speech and Expression - Little Freedom in a Complex World

Little Freedom of Expression Freedom of materialization, like the air we breathe, is a luxury that most people in western civilization don for granted. I know I certainly took it for granted when I was in the twelfth grade, and that presumption almost got me expelled. In Cornwall, Ontario this last December the belief of independence of speech did much than get a young art object expelled. He was forced to spend the better part of a month, including Christmas, advanced Years Eve, and his sixteenth birthday in jail. Finally there is the case of the origin mayor of Mukingo in Ruhengeri Prefecture, Juvenal Kejelijeli, who is desperately fighting deportation to face charges for his freedom of expression, which helped ignite genocide in Rwanda. Free speech and freedom of expression must be protected, exactly the speakers and writers must also take function for their actions. During the twelfth grade my belief in freedom of expression was ready to the test. When I was given an assignment to write a short business relationship for my grade twelve creative writing class on both subject I wanted I made the mistake of doing what I was told. It was, admittedly, a disturbing story, filled with vengeful death, anti-religious sentiment and gross familiar abuse written by a confused young man. However, no(prenominal) of the characters had all basis in reality, and none of the violence could be associated with any specific people or institutions. This was purely a exertion of simile and it almost got me kicked out of private school in England. Not scarcely was I afraid of the reaction I was going to get from my father, but it also shook the very foundations of my beliefs in free speech and freedom of expression. A ply of fiction, regardless of the content, is still just a work of fiction ... ...ther number of oppressed countries. Therefore these freedoms must be utilized with a certain degree of caution and responsibility. Once we start criminalise it becomes difficult to decide when and where to draw the line. When the responsible use of these freedoms comes into question, we as a society are called upon to decide what constitutes responsible freedom of expression, and what penaltys are deserved when the lines are crossed. If the judge and jury react too harshly, as in the case of the Avonmore student, they themselves become guilty of a crime far more severe than alleged threats seemingly found in a work of fiction. However had the story included names of current students, or had it been a call to other bullied students to carry out the grim plot, then punishment would be in order. In the mean time lets nourish creative thinking and be alert for cries for help.