The liberty represents a philosophical problem, where
philosophers divided between 2 ways, who says it’s absolute for the human, and
in contrast who sees it’s limited in confines. And every one among them has his
arguments to confirm his opinion. We don’t want to broaden in this matter
through the philosophical aspect because of the aim here is to light the way
and give a general idea about “ the freedom of expression”, in the time where
it becomes one of top issues in world today, with several faces and aspects.
A lot of slogans are on, in the name of human rights
(generally), or women rights, minorities …etc, which proving that the world in
confused between many opinions because of “ambiguity in definitions “, and in
this way the concept changes from person to another. And that also brings the
diversity in positions and reactions too.
If we say that the human being has the right to do
everything he want, so that’s an arguments of individual liberty, and
democratic life in society, if we can say that, so is it possible to justify
the abuse of somebody to others as a freedom in conducts ? Furthermore; if
I choose driving in highway but in the opposite direction, or acclaim in street
with rude speaking and ugly words, only because i want to do that, is it
logical??!!! I think this doing couldn’t be expected only when the person is
fugitive or mad. And this blindly acting and it isn’t a real right from human
rights.
We give another example; when you hear on TV, and you receive daily letters mocking from
you, because they don’t like your orientations, or what are precious for you,
aren’t the same for them. Can we call that as a freedom of speech too??
!!!
Every person, part, or nation, …etc, has a set of
sanctities and symbols, which mean models for them in whole life. Is it logical
to accuse these symbols and abuse them because they aren’t valuable to me? I
think it’s not, or there is another incitation to this stupid doing ..maybe?
We can’t imagine the democratic reality which
considers the freedom of expression, without control and define the concept of
this kind of liberties and define that in every domain, so what do we mean by
the freedom of expression?
Maybe somebody says: it means to say (everything I
want) about every matter even if the saying includes an abuse to others, other
replies: when they accuse me, I couldn’t stay silent, and here we’ll have a
mess, a conflict. The act which looks like a liberty in first opinion, this
second sees it as an abuse. And that means: if the opinion is mocking and not
building, surely it’s a provocation like what it’s happening in policies or gov
criticism.
But to override by your opinion to accuse sacral rites
of other communities with no reason, so nobody agrees to you where it is not
your business to judge them if they’re right or wrong, whatever in their
reflection or religion. And the precise definition which we can give it to “the
freedom of expression” is: the liberty of individual (or organizations
or authorities) in opinion through his doing or saying stops where it is the
end of freedom of others, and no right to override that or abuse them, because
they all have the right in their own doings and beliefs, if they don’t touch
the beliefs of others communities too. That’s what I meant by the second
example (about TV’s ridiculing), when we see many means of media do that to
insult communities or nations. In order that shouldn’t be a target to provoke
them under the name of freedom.
In this way we reach the imperative truth:
The freedom of individual “of sound mind”
in his opinion, undergoes to confines dictated by his mind, (just to prevent
him from assaulting others), without causing any damage or loss of his rights. This
concept can be applied to institutions and organizations in the same time.