Today's First Blog Assignment

Please read the story here. After reading, try and answer some of the questions posed in your post. Did he deserve two years? Is this an issue of freedom of speech? What does this say about public vs. private communication? In what ways can we use this story to talk about the progress in technology and whether or not it is helpful in such cases, or even right to force upon it. Think of the lecture on fact and faith, on documentary. What serves as evidence? What makes for one's opinion--is it controlled subconsciously by the media or is it a part of who we are based on how we are raised?