1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
olchik [2.2K]
3 years ago
15

Christen who just turned eighteen is out with several friends. They decide to see a movie, but it is sold out. Christen hid in t

he back of the theatre and yelled "Fire" as loudly as she could. Everyone ran out of the theatre, and a number got in their vehicles and left. Christen and her friends thought that seeing the movie was now possible. Unfortunately, a theatre employee saw Christen yelling, called the police, and she was arrested. Christen told the police officers that she was only exercising her free speech rights. She also told the police that the theatre employee lied and that she personally saw him stealing popcorn. The theatre employee told Christen that he was going to sue for defamation, and she told him that she would win based on her right to free speech. Discuss whether Christen is right on one or both counts and why.
Social Studies
1 answer:
NikAS [45]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Christen is wrong in both counts.

Explanation:

Freedom of speech or freedom of expression is the individual or collective right to enunciate, utter and develop individual or community ideas, opinions and arguments. It is expected that anyone can express their ideas free from retaliation, censorship, or legal action. It is recognised as a Universal Human Right, and most countries in the world include it as part of its constitution.

However, freedom of speech has some limitations, which are imposed aiming to restrain people to harm other individuals or communities. For instance, when someone intentionally lies to commit fraud. These limitations vary from country to country, for instance, Germany forbids speech that denies the Holocaust, but Spain does not. Yet, there are some common limitations to free speech across most UN Member States. These are related to incitement to terrorism or riot, fraud, unauthorised usage of copyrighted material, invitation or incitation to commit a crime, defamation and in many cases obscenity.

Christen yelled "Fire" in an attempt to prompt the theatre audience to vacate. This was a lie, since there was not a fire in the facilities. This can be taken as a fraud, since she tricked the patrons to abandon the premises.

When she was caught, she intended to defame the theatre employee.

In both occasions, she was not protected by freedom of speech principle.

You might be interested in
While walking home from work, Eric notices a group of men standing near the intersection. Eric decides to take a different route
nexus9112 [7]

Answer: mere exposure effect

Explanation: usually when you see a group of men standing around each other, you would want to stay away from them because maybe they might be selling drugs or who knows what and you wouldnt want to walk right through them because they'll probably get mad you.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
When was the civil war
MArishka [77]
<span>began April 12, 1861ended May 9, 1865</span>
6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Ruth is 78 years of age, and recently reported to her ophthalmologist that she has developedsome changes in the way she sees col
Sergio039 [100]

Answer:

b

Explanation:

The age-related changes that best explain her experience is the lenses in her eye are beginning to yellow. This, yellow lens, leads  to absorption and scattering of blue. This absorption and scattering of blue light makes difficult to easily tell the difference between shades of blue, green and violet.

7 0
2 years ago
Nikki said hello to her professor in the hallway, but her professor did not respond. Nikki spent the rest of the day worrying wh
nata0808 [166]

The correct answer is overgeneralizing

Overgeneralizing it is the tendency to see a negative event as an endless pattern of danger or suffering.

6 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Why did the communist ban Confucianism in 1949?
N76 [4]
American ask nicely
3 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Congress and the president decide that the united states should reduce air pollution by reducing its use of gasoline. they impos
    13·1 answer
  • What responsibilities do state governors have?
    9·2 answers
  • People who are self-employed don't have deductions. true false
    13·2 answers
  • GDP includes the goods and services produced A. by a​ country's citizens but not by nonminus​citizen's within the​ country's bor
    8·1 answer
  • Can somebody please help mee ASAP
    13·1 answer
  • What Indian tribe was involved in the actual “Trail of Tears”? What state were they removed from? What future state were they se
    10·1 answer
  • A mob enforcer shot a pawnshop owner in the kneecap, intending to put him in the hospital because he was not paying his protecti
    15·1 answer
  • I need the answer to this question plzzz
    15·2 answers
  • In what ways might Chinas and Russias relationship be affected by Russia invading Ukraine?
    11·1 answer
  • On topographic maps , contour lines that are close together indicate
    9·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!