Submitted on Tuesday 13th March 2012
Published on Tuesday 27th March 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Signatures: 23
Remove all laws prohibiting the freedom of expression
The government should remove any law which removes a citizens right to the freedom of expression. This is for a number of reasons such as:
-A law should be in place in order to protect society, not oppress it.
-In terms of the argument that hate speech offends etc, the government should recognise that the freedom to someone's thoughts and expression is very different from their right to an audience.
The government should take the action of removing any law which restricts a citizens freedom to express opinion. This includes current crimes such as hate speech and sedition.
They should also install an equivalent of the first amendment of the American constitution in order to make sure that no future government can remove this fundamental right.
The freedom of speech is only truly free if it is the freedom of speech for the person who thinks differently.
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