Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Freedom of Speech

A man came to visit the land of freedom this week. He was invited to speak at a university where young and able minds were to decipher his aging wisdom. Even as a foreign national this man has the freedom of speech, which he intended to use at this university. Only problem is that in the land of freedom and free speech this man is considered dangerous, hence many free people had a problem with his freedom to speak, so they set the wheels in motion to use their own freedom of speech to let this man know that his speaking and freedom to do so was not appreciated. Also, if he could please abstain from saying anything at all, that would be preferred. He came, he spoke, and he provoked, a stir heard around the world. Later, after his speech, this man also wanted to use his freedom to visit Ground Zero, a place many free people have determined he helped create, but despite diplomatic international law allowing him to travel in a 25 mile radius of Manhattan's navel, the police has decided not to give him the freedom of travel. At least not there.