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| Billy Fowler | Editorial Cartoonist |
Our Perspective...
Expansion of Free Speech Zones a victory for students
The announced expansion of the free speech zones, or “unscheduled
public speaking areas” as they’re officially known, is a
victory for the student body as a whole and something The
Appalachian wholeheartedly endorses.
Previously the free speech zones were limited to the area
around the statues in Sanford Mall, the amphitheatre and Duck Pond Field,
all areas that were either extremely limited in space or removed from
the center of the campus.
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 Globalization hurts world community
So I planned to counterpoint my colleague Elizabeth
Ashford’s
commentary on thinking before you speak.
Not that thinking before you speak is a bad idea.
But the editors like the point-counterpoint, and I was going to argue
for speaking freely and unapologetically.
After my Introduction to American National Government and
Politics class Friday I’ve changed my mind.
Yes, people should think before they speak.
So the topic is globalization, and (get ready) here’s
my disclaimer: I am by no means well-versed in economic systems or even
political systems. After all, I mentioned that I’m taking my first
political science class this semester.
But, based on what I know and what I’ve seen, here is my unbridled,
unapologetic opinion of globalization, and of people who say it’s
a “good thing” before even thinking about it.
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 With free speech comes responsibility
They are the type of people you dread being around, people
that seem to have been bequeathed one huge mouth and two very deaf ears.
This is the kind of person that makes class miserable because they turn
every discussion into an argument and cannot debate even a minor topic
with grace or poise.
Sometimes this person has turned out to be me, when I (yet
again) stick my foot in my mouth by needlessly offending someone with
an arrogant opinion or by trampling upon others’ opinions by drowning
them out.
Being able to live, think and speak freely are great American freedoms
but they also come with responsibilities that many seem to forget.
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