Talk:Freedom of speech

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Freedom of speech

I invite all those interested to help me expand the page Freedom of speech. I've recently cleaned it up and re-ordered the quotes in chronological order. :) It's an extremely important topic to have a resource on for reference here on the Internet. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 21:12, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Reasons for using chronological order

Reasons for using chronological order:

1. Show evolution of theory and practice over time.
2. Helps to show how past attitudes and writings impacted later viewpoints.
3. Illustrates how Case law has influenced subsequent judicial decisions.
4. Shows changing approaches to increasing ease of technology.
5. Displays growing tolerance towards broader application of Freedom of speech standards over time.
6. 1700s sub-section = directly shows how wording for First Amendment was drawn from earlier writings on same topic. This would not be shown without chronological order.
7. 2000s sub-section = shows how views have evolved towards the Internet as a medium to express Freedom of speech.
8. Even a dissenting opinion of a particular legal case may have significant later impact on future opinions.
9. Individual authors can still easily be found using CTRL-F search function.
10. Specific authors' quotes can also be found using separate author-pages on Wikiquote.

Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 01:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)