Liberty means responsibility
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Liberty means responsibility
It is hard to define the limit of any freedom. In school, a company or society we are offered
freely without any rules. Because there is no perfect freedom, we don’t know the limit.
Nobody defined the limit of freedom. They just said “moderately”. For a month, we discussed
the free speech and hate speech in class. This topic is among the topic dealt with in
democracy and our society. At the beginning of the article, the editor mentioned “In a sense, this
is a golden age for free speech. Your smartphone can call up newspapers from the other side of
the world in the second” (Under Attack). Yes, we are living in and surrounded by a lot of information
which is wrong or right. What I think the big problem in this situation is “truth”. If we can figure
out information has truth or not, it will be okay. That fabricated information could instigate
people. However, free speech should be allowed for people. We know the power of words. Free
speech should be utilized in a productive way raising voice against violence, injustice, and
poverty. Liberty and free speech shouldn’t be concentrated towards insulting, racism or shaming.
I know how freedom of speech is important so well. I could experience how free speech
affects to us and society. As you know Korea is the only divided nation in the world. South
Korea, where I was born, is a democratic state and North Korea is a communist country and a
despotic state. The government of North Korea thinks regulation of the press is the most
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