The First Amendment: Our Right to Free Speech (And Writing this Blog)

While many people believe that saying what they want and doing what they want at any time is their right, it's not always the most decent or courteous thing to do. I analyzed the three summaries done by Matthew Smith, Sara Tillman, and Suzannah Bryan. We all incorporated the use of obscenity that was strongly emphasized in Susan Brownmiller's article. However, some of us went about and dug deeper with the subject in a different way. I noticed that Matt and I were on the same lines in regards to how we interpreted the paper in a lot of ways. Our summary's were similar in context, but being that he is male (and that is meant in no way to be offensive to him) I feel that he took Susan's judgement and idea of women's bodies being violated and defined as rape or torture in pornography in a different way that I did. Suzannah and Sara's anlysises seemed to be along the same guidlines as well, seeing as to how they definitely pointed out and summarized the key points to the paper.

I always have enjoyed debating and listening to others' analysises and ideas in regards to certain topics, especially those that incorporate events and ideas based on everyday life. We are all entitled to our own opinion and interpretation about issues, and because of that I strongly respect each's ideas and opinions. I don't feel that any of us had much of a difference put into our articles about our summaries, other than Matt's opinions about women's violations in pornography at the end of his summary. Because of this, my opinion has not changed in regards to how I interpretted the article. Because it is a summary, we are taking what we learn and know and putting it into our own words, which does allow for us to have a voice of our own, and in a sense the paper does become an editorial. I don't just believe that because it is put into our own words, but because we are publishing it here on the internet where my fellow classmates can read it if they wish to do so.

All in all, I firmly believe that life, events, and issues are almost all based on a matter of opinion and interpretation. We all have choices to make, goals in mind, and rules to follow. It's how we choose what to do with those rights and choices that allows us to get where we want in life. Summarizing papers such as Susan Brownmiller's and having the opportunity to read others' views and ideas helps to strengthen our knowledge and interpretation to the world around us, opening up another door or window of opportunity.