Blog#2 Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Speech is one of our most important rights, and is meant to give use the freedom to express our political, religious or other individual views. I'm not sure what the exact rules were in high school, but I do know that shirts with gang colors were banned, and anything deemed offensive. I think there are also similar restrictions at the jc. I do believe in freedom of speech but I also understand why school and such try to stop it from becoming offensive. The problem is that since different views conflict there will always be some conflict. I think it will be a long time before we find a balance between civility and freedom of expression.

Blog#1 Music

I don’t have a favorite song. I enjoy a great deal of music but I like rock, hard rock and metal the best. I like groups like My Chemical Romance, Metallica, System of The Down, and a few others. What I like best I guess is the sound and rhythm, but lately I have come to appreciate the lyrics more and more. At first I just liked the way the words sounded with the music but I began paying more attention to what the lyrics were say and I realized that there were some strong political messages. I heard criticism of drug distribution, and war, along with other political messages. I came to realize I could get better information from music the I would ever get on government regulated news.