“Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one's
opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment. "Speech" is not limited to public
speaking and is generally taken to include other forms of expression. The right
is preserved in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is granted formal recognition by the laws
of most nations. Nonetheless the degree to which the right is upheld in
practice varies greatly from one nation to another. In many nations,
particularly those with relatively authoritarian forms of government, overt government
censorship is enforced. Censorship has also been claimed to occur in other
forms and there are different approaches to issues such as hate speech, obscenity, and defamation laws even in countries seen as liberal democracies.” – Wikipedia
Have you ever been
to a place so quiet? Wherein it’s your heartbeat that you only hear? That’s just
simply impossible. Everywhere and every time: People ALWAYS speak. People always express themselves. People always voice
out their opinions. People always reach out to other people, we always talk
because we are free to do so. There
is no such law that prohibits us from speaking or expressing ourselves. For
most of the times when we speak, we tend to be productive, we tend to make
friends, we tend to create great things, we tend to inspire other people, we
tend to teach people about the things that we know, but everything has it’s
pros and cons for there are several times that we hurt, we offend, we
disrespect, we judge other people when we
speak.
BASHING
OTHER PEOPLE
Language
is meant to be spoken but there are really some people that don’t care anymore
about the right choice of words to say. It’s normal to have our own impressions
and perceptions about the people we cross paths with, but there are those times
that we have our negative impressions about them; there are people that no
matter what we do, we just don’t like them at all. It’s inevitable but we can
just keep it to ourselves or better talk to them about it so that the problem
will be addressed. Bashers just can’t contain it to themselves and speak out
their hate resulting most of the times to character assassination and pain to
the one they’re bashing. There are cases when people get depressed because of
this shameful act, they lose their confidence and self-esteem affecting their
everyday lives. The next time we bash people, imagine yourself the one being
bashed.
VERBAL ABUSE
As mortals, it is
impossible for us not to make mistakes and not to hurt other people even once
in our lives through our mouth, but taking it to a new level is a no-no. When
we’re angry, we can’t prevent our lips from spitting painful words to the one’s
we’re having problems with. But as been defined to our lesson in oral
communication last year, once words have been said you cannot turn back time
and wish to “un-say” it. All the words we say will left a mark in them and it
will always be remembered like a scene from a movie. Don’t use the freedom of
speech to torment other people’s feelings. Instead, use it to encourage and
inspire them on whatever they do.
DESTRUCTIVE
CRITICISMS
There is this thing
called constructive criticisms like what students are having when they present
their work or when they ask for suggestions simply for the betterment of their
selves or their works. But there is also destructive criticism in which it is
associated to the negative way of criticizing others even worst when addressed
in a rude manner. If we want to critic someone or something, isn’t it ethically
correct to approach them in a polite or assertive manner? We should always seek
for a win-win strategy wherein both of you will benefit: you have helped them,
they got better.
T.H.I.N.K BEFORE YOU SPEAK!
~Decoder
~Decoder
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