This is a trippy perceptual phenomenon which will mess with your head a little bit. Sine wave speech is artificially degraded speech that sounds like just beeps and whistles until you have been primed to hear it as speech. Try it, you will be amazed! picked by mahler87 10 months ago

Freedom of Speech is one of America's greatest rights. Sadly it is a very rare freedom. Many countries - even countries you'd expect to be freedom-lovers say no to free speech. Oh you have the right to say nice sweet things, but you can't say anything mean or negative, anything that might hurt a group's feelings.

wasn't going to post this, but it fit in with the salon owner article picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Cuba's foreign minister walked out of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in protest of President Bush's speech in which he said the "long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end" on the communist island. picked by indisguise 1 year ago

Press secretary Dana Perino downplayed the incident, and said phonetic spellings are used to help interpreters. Asked if the president has trouble pronouncing some country's names, Perino deemed it "an offensive question." picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

I want to share this with those that haven't seen this movie or forgot about it. I just watched is in the weekend and I think that it is a great "talkie" movie that is quite actual in its topics, considering the struggles of the current societies.

The video is the end speech of the movie. picked by Lighioana 12 months ago

A student, Avery Doninger, called administrators "douche bags on a blog in April '07. The HS stripped her of her class secretary position in retaliation.

Yesterday, the 2nd US Circuit of Appeals said even speech off school grounds could lead to disruption in the hallways and, therefore, can be prohibited. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

A student intending to make a speech criticizing school administrators at her high school graduation was cut off in mid-sentence and told to leave the ceremony.

*And that aint the half of it... This principal needs some supervision! picked by leehblanc 5 months ago

Lamb and Lynx Gaede, 14-year-old twins, are spokeskids for white separatists. Their recent move to the scenic town of Kalispell, Montana, has sparked the issue of freedom of speech. Residents have posted signs declaring "No Hate Here." But every U.S. citizen has a right to free speech--even white separatists. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

In this episode for some reason MLK is in the future... I forget why, but he gives a big ranting speech against BET culture... and apparently he likes canada. picked by gammerus 10 months ago

People seem to be talking about it so I guess it deserves to be on plime. picked by gammerus 8 months ago

Barack Obama's powerful speech on race has become the latest YouTube phenomenon, attracting more than two million hits in less than two days. picked by maxriter 8 months ago

George Washington's farewell address written in more modern english picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Speech by Kurt Vonnegut delivered to MIT graduating students. He's one of my favorite writers. picked by 86Apex 2 years ago

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said a "different set of rules" may be needed to reduce terrorists' ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and get out their message picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Asked about executions of homosexuals in Iran, Mr Ahmadinejad replied: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Here's the complete text in downloadable PDF of Obama's speech. My personal opinion is that McCain's speech was better. picked by neilharvey 2 weeks ago

Anne Lemen, 58, falsely claims to patrons entering restaurant/bar that, the bar serves tainted food, has Mafia connections, produces child pornography, encourages lesbian activities, distributes illegal drugs or participates in prostitution. All of which her lawyers claim is "Free Speech" picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

article here picked by suebe 1 year ago

Charlie Chaplain's The Great Dictator bitterly satirized Nazism and Adolf Hitler before the full extent of the horrors of Nazism had been uncovered.

The final speech was pretty much out of character and was Chaplain's personal views and a political statement. It is a speech that still holds up today almost 70 years later. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Former top Bush aid Karl Rove met a hostile crowd at the University of Iowa Sunday, and, being paid $40,000 to make a speech there, gives them plenty of rhetoric to think about. Meanwhile, two students attempt to place him under arrest. picked by PatrickFlorida 8 months ago