<span>Freedom of speech is a bellweather: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In international law, access to information and free expression are two sides of the same coin, and both have found tremendous accelerators in the Internet and other forms of digital communication. At the same time, efforts to control speech and information are also accelerating, by both governments and private actors in the form of censorship, restrictions on access, and violent acts directed against those whose views or queries are seen as somehow dangerous or wrong. From our earliest days, when we were called The Fund for Free Expression, we have fought all forms of repression of speech, in all media, around the globe.</span>
Stand Watie was a leader of the Cherokee Nation. He was also a Brigadier General of the Army of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Watie came from a distinguished family in the State of Georgia and played an important role. especially in the negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes and the Government of the Confederation. Difficult conversations due to the initial contempt of southerners to these native tribes of America. Despite this, Watie felt that the real fault lay with the federal government, so he sided with the Confederate States, for whom he set up a regiment of 300 Cherokee. In 1864, Watie was appointed Brigadier General due to the excellent performance of the Cherokee.
In the Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner is clearly shown to be the lowest form of humanity in that he uses the trappings of religion to profit and con people out of money. Chaucer is not a fan.