Laws governing communication should primarily protect the individual and their universal civil liberty even if asserted against the group.
I would insist that film makers in Dubai have a right to their own set of rules, in their own country. If a film they produced were shown in the U.S., that film should be screened with our standards but that individual has the right to express their own beliefs even if those beliefs assert themselves against a larger group.
In the case of public schools, it should be required that all forms of creation stories are taught. When a child is fully educated on all sides to the creation story, that child will be able to make decisions for themselves. For example, I went to private High School and it my religion class, we learned the classic catholic creation story. In addition, in my Earth Science and Biology classes, we learned about Darwin, natural selection, and the many other aspects to the belief of evolution.
It was up to us students to decide what we wanted to believe. Many of us ending up blending what we had learned in both classes. If a student attends a private University however, that school has the option of choosing what it teaches, because it is privately funded. Public schools should be teaching all different forms of creation.
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ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to your argument about the filmmakers in Dubai, I'm a bit confused. You say,
ReplyDelete"I would insist that film makers in Dubai have a right to their own set of rules, in their own country. If a film they produced were shown in the U.S., that film should be screened with our standards but that individual has the right to express their own beliefs even if those beliefs assert themselves against a larger group."
Okay, I'm confused. If "a film they produced were shown in the U.S. that film should be screened with our standards."
Do you mean filmed with our standards? Screened is just when the film is shown. Are you implying that the film needs to be changed when coming from Dubai to America? Or vice-versa? Like that they need to digitally impose cigarettes and sex into movies that didn't have them before? I'm really confused by what you're trying to say here.
Also, you don't seem to list three reasons for whether or not laws governing communication should primarily support the individual or group rights. You state that individual rights are important but you don't seem to give us a full three reasons. And not to be a jerk but isn't the post supposed to be at least 500 words?