Satirical article (that means it's intended to be funny yet insightful)

[joycenalex]

soledad, i've been thinking about would constitute free speech in a representative democracy or more technically a republic. free speech is speech that the government cannot censor. i can and have said that john ashcroft is a menace to civil liberties in this union. i can and have said i respected the first president bush, he at least served his country in the army airforce, while the current president learned to fly jets in the air guard during the vietnam war instead of serving in the regular military. i can and have said gov. taft is a spineless jellyfish that wouldn't recognize a good idea if it sat on his foot. there will be no brown shirts kicking in my doors, to haul me away to a secret trial for saying those things, the internal revenue service will not audit my taxes for the last 25 years because i've said those things, no one from the local criminal justice system will visit my boss and 'suggest' a job chance( oops change, sorry) cause i've said those things. there will be many others who will criticize me for my statements, and i don't give a fig what they say, and i don't really care if they call me names, they get that right of free speech too.being 'legal' and being 'right' are not always the same thing. i am honestly intrested in what you define free speech as,as this conversation has given me much to think about.