Internet Censorship

"However, you must know that all rights of Americans can be revoked once they are infringing upon another's rights." Yes, that is why felons do not have the right to vote. But, how does looking up information on the Internet (except in the case of child pornography) fringe upon someone else's rights? The Constitution gives us free press, free speech, and the right to organize and protest if the government does not meet the needs and wants of the people. By disguising the wants and needs, they are infringing upon our rights to free speech, free press, and the right to organize. "It is a violation of the government's privacy and because the government is the basis of this nation, we cannot overrule them.." "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..." This is pulled from the Bill of Rights. We have the right to alter or abolish the government if they "destroy" or take away our rights. I have argued the by introducing Internet Censorship, the government is taking our rights to free speech, free press, and the right to organize. If they do take away our rights, we not only could overrule them - we have the right to. Also - the government does not have a right to privacy. I have searched the Internet for a while now and have found no source that claims the government has a right to privacy. "Also, interestingly enough, there has been an incline of Americans that believe the First Amendment offers too much liberty to the individual..." May I remind you that the poll you showed me fluxed incredibly year-to-year. In 2002, that number was 49% to 47%. A year later, that number decreased to 34%. Although that source is interesting, I do not think it is something that should justify taking away or suppressing the First Amendment. After all, 34% is far from the majority. "While I cannot find a source on how Internet censorship correlates with abuse of human rights..." They are not aware that their rights are being abused; that is why the government restricts their ability to get online, so that they cannot see what others have around the world. Take North Korea as an example. "South Korean police have identified 43 pro-North Korean websites that have foreign-based servers. The police report that these websites encourage hostile attitudes towards South Korea and western countries, and portray the DPRK in a positive light." This was pulled from an article discussing North Korean Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org... The reason North Korea bans websites that portray the DPRK in a negative light is because they discuss their Human Right abuses. North Korea only permits pro-DPRK, government-run websites because they do not discuss their Human Rights abuses. Internet Censorship is a way to disguise human rights abuses in nations such as North Korea and China. "The quote my opponent has used was almost refuted by my opponent them self as they proved that it was legal in China, therefore not restricting human rights." Slavery was allowed in a few countries until very recently. Just because it was legal, does that mean that it was not an abuse of human rights? In the same way, just because Internet Censorship is permitted in some nations, does not mean that it is not an abuse of human rights. "Some content on the Internet is already censored, for example, a pornographic website." Child pornography is illegal, on the Internet and in other media, because it is an abuse of one's rights. However, information should not be blocked from the Internet, since we have the right to free speech, free press, and the right to organize, laid out in the Constitution. Internet Censorship is an abuse of our constitutional rights; nations that have Internet Censorship are trying to hide that their citizens' rights are being abused.