Over the last few weeks I have really pondered about the whole idea of freedom of speech. Then I looked at the United States government and asked myself several questions. Do we, people of the United States, have enough freedom of speech? Do we have too much freedom of speech? Should there be limits to what is published (books, movies, art) and what isn't? Should certain sites, such as wiki leaks, be taken off the internet because some of the documents posted tell us too much about what the government is doing?
Then I asked myself, do I really want to know everything that is going on? My answer would be no. We do not need to know everything that is going on abroad, every detail at a serious crime scene or know in great detail what the government is doing behind closed doors. Censorship is not always a bad thing. It protects people from worrying and complaining about things that they don't really have a say in and do not need to worry about. In reality, how would knowing about some of the events going on really effect our lives? Is there really any good in knowing?
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