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Title: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 10:18:14 pm
Soo I got assigned a debate paper for one of my classes and I need ideas/ opinions. On what to do. Im posting the scoring guide, just cause its easier to show you what i need to do. And no IM NOT ASKING ANYONE TO DO THIS FOR ME, before anyone asks i just want some ideas to go off of cause im literally stuck.

Support one's own ethical stance.

Read both the instructions for Performance Assessment Strategy #2: Debate Script: The First Amendment and the New York Times article "American Exception: Unlike Others, US Defends Freedom to Offend in Speech." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/12hate.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/12hate.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt)


Debate Script: The First Amendment
   
1.   Developed two specific examples for first "Pro" argument   
2.   Developed two specific examples for second "Pro" argument.   
3.   Developed two specific examples for first "Con" argument   
4.   Developed two specific examples for second "Con" argument   
5.   Developed rationale for your defending or not defending First Amendment "right" to hate speech.  This question will be answered individually.   
6.   Cited all sources/Bibliography    
7.   COMMUNICATE CLEARLY   
8.   Submitted well edited work that is, overall, free of spelling, grammatical, and sentencing errors.
No full sentences-this is Power Point   

Any Ideas and opinons would be very much appreciated. Im including some links i fond at the bottom of this post as-well.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/154423/the_first_amendment_and_its_advantages.html?cat=17 (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/154423/the_first_amendment_and_its_advantages.html?cat=17)
http://www.thisnation.com/textbook/billofrights-religion.html (http://www.thisnation.com/textbook/billofrights-religion.html)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/03/031516/were-first-amendmet-rights-violated-over-facebook-/ (http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/03/031516/were-first-amendmet-rights-violated-over-facebook-/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution)
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:28:28 pm
Ok, so is this covering the whole First Amendment or just the Freedom of Speech part? Also, are you more just asking for what a couple pros and cons are or what? I'm just not entirely sure what you're asking for.
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 10:31:35 pm
Quote from: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:28:28 pm
Ok, so is this covering the whole First Amendment or just the Freedom of Speech part? Also, are you more just asking for what a couple pros and cons are or what? I'm just not entirely sure what you're asking for.

The whole First amendment.
And just a couple of pros and cons, and something to support them. Nothing more
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:36:15 pm
Ah ok, gotcha. Just sounded like it was maybe just the Freedom of Speech. I'll see what I can come up with :) When is it all due?
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 10:38:29 pm
Quote from: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:36:15 pm
Ah ok, gotcha. Just sounded like it was maybe just the Freedom of Speech. I'll see what I can come up with :) When is it all due?

Thanks, and you dont wanna know, lol 10.5 hrs but oh well lol.
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:48:27 pm
Well I shall try fast then :P How much do you have done?
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 10:50:19 pm
Outline is done, but thats literally nothing lol. Im working on ways to defend/ give examples for my pro statement.. Hard to find exact examples of what i want.. D:
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:59:42 pm
Hmm...Well I am getting quite the blank :( I'm sorry. One pro is that it maps out the basic rights that American's have that we can do without the government interfering in some way, or at least not stopping.

I'll keep trying to think of stuff.
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 11:01:59 pm
Quote from: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 10:59:42 pm
Hmm...Well I am getting quite the blank :( I'm sorry. One pro is that it maps out the basic rights that American's have that we can do without the government interfering in some way, or at least not stopping.

I'll keep trying to think of stuff.
Dont be sorry! Im glad your trying, and yeah I like that pro. Ill look into how to support it. Thanks
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 11:05:45 pm
Well support for it is that it is plainly written in the Bill of Rights as the First Amendment :P Not quite those same words though :P
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 11:10:50 pm
Quote from: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 11:05:45 pm
Well support for it is that it is plainly written in the Bill of Rights as the First Amendment :P Not quite those same words though :P

Haha Yeah ill change the words up a bit :P
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 11:17:32 pm
Good plan :P I had a better support but I forgot it (I hate when that happens :()
Title: Re: First Amendment Pros and Cons
Post by: rcfreak0 on September 12, 2010, 11:21:24 pm
Quote from: meishe91 on September 12, 2010, 11:17:32 pm
Good plan :P I had a better support but I forgot it (I hate when that happens :()

Me too! Happens all the time when im working on something important..