Monday, October 31, 2011
Freedom of speech
I think that the government shouldn't be able to limit our freemdom of speech, except in extreme cases. The government shouldn't be allowed to limit our rights lkke freedom of speech which we express daily, as long as it isn't insulting to someone, or something. If someone wears clothing that degrade someone, or some place, they shouldn't be allowed to wear it. they shouldn't get jail time or a fine for wearing those clothes. If people are publicly insulting a person to the point that the person bieing insulted is thinking about suicide the people or person who is insulting them should get jail time, or community service. Other than extreme cases like that we shouldn' let the government Limit our freedoms because they are OUR freedoms to enjoy.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi, or Colonel Gaddafi, was Libya's head of state from 1969, until 1977. In 2011, the regime he established was overthrown in a civil war when they rose against him, the uprising was aided by a NATO intervention. After seizing power in 1969, he abolished the Libyan Constitution of 1951. He established laws based on the political ideology he had formulated, called the Third International Theory and published in The Green Book. Rising oil prices and extraction in Libya led to increasing revenues which he used to start several wars and acquire chemical weapons. In the 1980s, countries around the world imposed sanctions against Gaddafi. Six days after the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 by United States troops, Gaddafi renounced Tripoli's weapons of mass destruction programs. In February 2011, following revolutions in neighboring Egypt and Tunisia, protests against Gaddafi's rule began. These escalated into an uprising that spread across the country. This led to the 2011 Libyan Civil War, which included a military intervention by a NATO-led coalition to enforce a no-fly zone and to protect civilians in Libya. The no fly zone froze Gaddafi assets. Gaddafi and his forces lost the Battle of Tripoli in August, and on 16 September 2011. He still had control over parts of Libya, like the city of Sirte, which he fled to, but most of Libya was taken from him. Although Gaddafi's forces initially held out, Gaddafi was captured alive as Sirte fell to the rebel forces on 20 October 2011 and died soon after under unclear circumstances.
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