When we constrain speech, we contain our humanity.
The very guidelines for marking off protected from unprotected speech are the result of this battle rather than truths in their own right: "No such thing as free (nonideologically constrained) speech; no such thing as a public forum purged of ideological pressures of exclusion" (Fish, 1994, 116).
Courts rightly have said that only a "compelling reason" under a "strict scrutiny" test could constrain speech.
He felt a terrible pressure narrowing his thoughts, constraining his speech, and he was in acute physical discomfort — his trousers or underwear seemed to have shrunk.
A judge recently issued a rare "contra mundum" (indefinite and universal) gag order in a case about intimate photos of a married celebrity.Campaigners see all this as part of a growing body of judge-made privacy law which unfairly constrains free speech.
However, labeling the Arabic HuffPost as a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood is not only patently false, it is an attempt to constrain free speech that endangers journalists who are already suffering for simply reporting facts, or their insight, on Arab issues.
Guidelines are clear about harassment, bullying and hate speech – which is why this problem is not about constraining people's "free speech".
Furthermore, to avoid too short segments, a smoothing constraining the minimal non-speech duration to 0.5 s was applied.
After nearly five months as Labor prime minister, Kevin Rudd was less constrained in a speech in Beijing on April 9th, referring to problems in Tibet.
"The libel laws in England have really constrained and chilled speech for a long time," said Kirsty Hughes, chief executive of Index on Censorship, one of the groups that has led the campaign for an overhaul.
