JOUR 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Speech, Virgin Megastores, Prior Restraint
1 Sep 2016
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Through history a tug of war or cycling has taken place along a sliding scale. Governments tend to grow, take on more duties for the public good. (because we ask them to. ) As long as you said something good about the king/queen etc. then you were good to go way back in teh day. Evolved into say what you want just don"t say something about the government . Today most nations impose prior restraints on what can be said or shown to an audience. The retailer left kuwait in 2012, citing how screening/censorship were killing sales. Five government officials had to see every product and deem it. The core promise is we the government, promise to leave you, the people, alone . The citizen veto is very strong, frequently more effective than any government control could be. People reject speech/expression every day in the absence of any law.
