Wednesday 14 January 2015

What does freedom sound like






Read them and weep
A line synonymous with gambling
But is becoming the blanket freedom of speech is being smuggled in under
At the moment it is being romanticized
Freedom of speech does exist but does not exist in a separate world from consequences
And lets be contemplative we know this we may act as though they are not
You can shout bomb on a plane and there will be repercussions
Or be racist on Twitter and get arrested
And many are ok with that
And the fact that you live in a country you know certain freedoms are restricted or don't exist because of such
And so the argument is more layered than mere freedom of speech as you can see from the bbc comment section on the matter
And it is more about the subject that can be paraded under the safe haven of free speech
And it is freedom to attack or mock religion but for many a religion in general
Many will point to monty python
And that instance of portrayal of a certain religion
But that is it a certain religion painted in the likeness of the people mocking it
Which is with the commentary on the subject it can easily trample where it should walk delicately
And proceed with finesse but instead a sweeping motion is used
And some will say why cannot people from other perspectives share their thoughts on the matter
Nobody is saying that
But it is funny how this same claim on entitlement is not channeled constructively
Or demanded elsewhere like world peace
End of poverty
Or having a direct voice in parliament but are fine for third parties to represent them
Why because of eloquence competence or simply because it is an emotional flash in a pan
But if we expand momentarily on eloquence
With regards to the satire section of freedom speech which sparked action as well as discussion
Act like they have never heard of injunctions
Censorship
Or even the mute button
And are people really arguing for people to unabashedly mock people
From unparalleled heights or unmatched distances
And if satire can be stretched as such on what grounds do you ban extremist speeches
So if on this topic can we pass the silly notion of freedom of speech
And with this can we the proposed energized populace
Ready to persue unrelentingly righteous justice go forth and do so
Or is it a chance to peak out our true potentially racist faces
And sound the drums of a xenophobic war cry
And slightly revel in the extortion of other people and lands 
When we normally cry dumb and have new avenue to explore satire

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