One third of jailed journalists are bloggers. In countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran, innocent journalists are being imprisoned. Since the repressive governments in those particular countries have strict restrictions on the freedom of speech, the bloggers' privacies are easily compromised. The government will simply claim that the contents on the blog are a spread of corrupting information which will damage the reputation of their nation. Consequently, the journalists are jailed, tortured and abused.

Without a doubt, freedom of speech is crucial and important to a healthy and thriving democracy. After reading the short transcript of the Loewenstein interview, I felt a sense of freedom, liberty and relief to be living in a nation where its citizens are entitled to Human Rights. Everyone should be allowed to express their opinions openly without having to repress themselves. There would be no meaning of stating your point of view honestly if you were required to filter your thoughts. The issues would not be adressed and thus, not resolved. All the bloggers would have to sugar-coat all of their entries. But let's face it, life will not be all happy-go-lucky any time soon.

Nevertheless, a person should be allowed to disagree with a specific matter even though it is very controversial. Everyone is entitled to their own perspective. Accordingly an account of this knowledge, we should learn to embrace our rights and freedom.