Everybody has the right to freedom of speech. This allows people to state their own opinions on any certain subject. Although it is an individual's right, there should also be respect towards others. In Canada, it can be a crime to say offensive and negative cthings towards a specific race, sex, age, religion, ethnic origin, etc. Therefore, there should be limits and certain extents to freedom of speech.
To start off, there should be rules concerning freedom of speech because foolish remarks can be said. For that reason, people may take unwelcome comments more offensively than it should be. For instance, racist opinions may hurt the group of people that it was presented towards. If certain individuals say unnecessary things, discrimination and prejudice levels would always increase. Regardless of the negative aspects towards freedom of speech, there are also positive aspects to it. People can say and express feelings or beliefs on a unquestionable matter. An example of this would be an individual expressing feelings towards something. A relationship can be protected, (girlfriend-boyfriend relationship), if the truth is let out with freedom of speech. In addition, freedom of speech would assist in solving conflicts or problems either in a small community, or even a developed country. There are both pros and cons towards freedom of speech but, having limits would also benefit others.
In conclusion, although there are negative and positive sides on freedom of speech, there should be a certain extent to where freedom of speech can go to. Individuals should have freedom of speech to express their own ideas, but they should do so in a decisive manner. By allowing freedom of speech with limits, remarks that are not needed wouldn't be said and it would be assisting everybody in one way or another.
Your piece was nice it talks about both sides of the particular topic. I find it to be a little short. I feel that you could have wrote a little more and gone into more detail about this. This is something I would have really liked to read about. However sadly I am kind of let down by the amount of work, because I was quite interested on your opinion of this topic.
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