College is all about expressing how I feel and being able to talk about those feelings. So finding out that I might not even be able to express my feelings when I’m there kind of aggravates me. There shouldn’t be rules on what you …show more content…
The day of pranks and laugher, April 1, there was an incident that wasn’t just a playful joke. Bassem Youssef, a political satirist Egyptian, underwent questioning for allegedly insulting President Mohammed Morsi and Islam. The rights to the first amendment are being violated and people are beginning to protest. People just want the right to speak their mind without offending anybody in particular or getting in trouble for it, but the government is making that impossible. Therefore people are acting out with forms of protest.
The fact that this guy went through questioning just because he stated how he felt, violates everything that people have learned through the first amendment. People should be able to speak their mind without this fear of getting in trouble by the government. All in all this is an issue that needs to be resolved.
Gross writes that a federal judge ordered Apple Company to help break into an iPhone violating all forms of privacy. Although it was for a good cause, like the San Bernardino shooting, it still goes against what people have fought for centuries about. They bypass the security of the phone to look into the more detailed sources like the social media apps or the photos. Even Kaye, serving as the UN Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, is questioned on whether or not this is a good idea. This can affect everyday lives of many people and can cause an