Imagine a time when one could be fined,
             imprisoned and even killed for just simply speaking
             one’s mind. Speech is the basic vehicle for
             communication of beliefs, thoughts and ideas.
             Without the right to speak one’s mind freely one
             would be forced to agree with everything society
             stated. With freedom of speech one’s own ideas can
             be expressed freely and the follower’s belief will
             be stronger. The words sound so simple, but
             without them the world would bee a very different
             place. Without the right to speak freely one would
             not be able to debt, nor would one be able to
             receive full coverage on world issues. There would
             be no interesting newspapers, no free religion and
             no free thoughts. This amendment seems so simple
             but, the boundaries of which issues and incidents
             are covered are so complex and varied. What is
             legal and illegal? What can be said and cannot be
             said? Does this amendment include spoken word only
             or does it include action also? What, if any,
             limits should be put to this amendment?
             As long as the government has existed, people
             have battled over censorship. Censorship takes on
             all different shapes and forms: banning of books,
             television guidelines, laws that curb specific
             types of speech, and imprisonment or even death for
             openly speaking. For example, in sixteenth century
             England, a loyal subject of Henry VII was
             imprisoned for saying, “I like not the proceedings
             of this realm.”1 In earlier times this would have
             been punishable by death for treason.
             The need for freedom of speech was first
             brought up in Massachusetts Body of Liberties in
             1641. After the Revolutionary War in America, many
             states recommend that free speech be put in the
             United States Constitution. Nevertheless, freedom
             of speech was written into the Bill of Rights and
             A few years after the First Amendment was
             ratified, the government...