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Well, to be perfectly frank, because the Constitution is not specific on what constitutes "Free Speech", one must decide what does. In my opinion, a person may say or write anything they wish. Things like pornography and drawings do not, personally, fall under my definition of free speech. One point that many people might not think of, is that people have to freedom to react to someone's free speech. For example, when Natalie Maines made her comment about the president, she was totally within her rights to do so. However, when the public heard of this, many reacted by destroying their Dixie Chicks CDs (I helped a few), which they were totally allowed to do. The backlash came from supporters of Maines, who said that people shouldn't have boycotted the band. Free speech is a two-edged sword, there is the action and the reaction, both of which should be respected and allowed. There is, of course, treason, which is defind in the Constitution under Article 3, Section 3 "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." I believe there is such thing as giving verbal comfort the the enemy, like Sean Penn did while visiting the former leader. Unfortunately, people like him and Jane Fonda use their celebrity status to hide from such accusations. Free speech is not an easy topic to define, but I have defined for myself what that does and does not mean. Good luck with your speech.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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