Phew! Thank goodness we're not asked to choose between "Right to Life" and "Freedom of Speech". The choice is obvious but there will be a problem with that free life 😅 Well, that isn't the topic so I won't stress on giving an explanation to that. What is choice with the two options? Freedom of speech or Right to life?
I'll choose to lose my right to privacy for my freedom of speech.
I wish I don't have to choose between the two but if it comes to that, I have a lot more reasons to value my freedom of speech to Privacy rights. The reasons are quite obvious but I'll share some other not so obvious reasons too.
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If there is one thing I'm very sure of about this life is that, we are all humans and we need each other to know, to learn, to grow, to live and most importantly, to love. Imagine a world where every human loses their right to freedom of speech and are given full liberty to their privacy. Loneliness, depression, deep & dreadful secrets, unknown deaths would be the order of the day.
If I choose to keep my privacy rights, it obviously means I'm shutting myself away from the world and keeping to myself literally everything including what I know would definitely hurt me or might even kill me. I read somewhere that "Self care is talking it out with a friend" and then I wonder how that would be possible with the right to Privacy.
For Christians, what is the use of right to privacy when you have to tell the world about Christ no matter how opposed they are to what you teach from the Bible? I need my freedom speech to express God's words and sing wherever I choose to.
I'm not the kind to enjoy being around people always, I love my privacy too but I think I can deal with that more than dealing with not having the freedom of speech. I'm not choosing this in hopes of using it wrongly or against someone but I know I could do more with this right.
We often hear "Say No to this, Say No to that!" with the mind of putting a stop to what isn't fair or is causing more harm than good. What happens if I don't have the right to say anything against what I see that is wrong... It's quite unimaginable to me, I feel I'll live my private life in total guilt.
My speech could save lives in court, in a given situation and could explain better what I witness with no restrictions or bans. I could actually use my freedom of speech to control how my right to privacy would be like even though I could still lose that right totally.
As the Bible says and as we must have confirmed over time, our tongue is a powerful tool for humanity. While it could break someone, it could also mend and build great things in life. I choose my right to speech and would pray to tame my tongue in everything I do with my speech.
This choice isn't an easy one as I'm choosing not to look into what I'll have to face in losing my right to privacy but priotizing more what I'll get to enjoy or achieve in talking freely whenever and wherever with caution on my own accord.
With these reasons and many more I can't think of at the moment, I choose to keep my right to freedom of speech than to have my right to privacy.
