Tuesday, April 17, 2012

What freedoms do we take for granted in the United States? Do you think we have too much freedom? What freedoms cause problems?


First of all we take freedom of speech for granted. For example; in the U.S.  we are able to say what is on our minds and well depending on the outtakes of things not have to go to jail or anything. In other parts of the world some people are not even allowed to say anything negative about an important person in their government. They cannot also give their opinion on laws or how the government runs things.
Although it is good that we can speak our minds it can also get us in trouble with the law sometimes. Or our way of thinking can also start a riot and have people against people so then some people would have the need to use violence. Which then would have the government get involved.
Another freedom we have is the freedom to vote for a president. In some countries the “people” do not have a right to choose who will run their country. Unlike us who choose who we want to run our country depending on the campaign they run or the promises they make us. We also have a system which does not let the president make all the decisions by himself but with first it going thru a system of people who would then vote on it and decide if it stays or it goes. Some countries though have to just deal with the decisions their government, or more likely the dictator, makes.

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