Freedom..

So the other day I was watching an episode of the letterman show after watching the nightly news..after the opening monologue given by letterman..the thought came to me.."they show this sort of stuff on tv and then people sit there and wonder why nobody likes the US.." I think that's our main problem right there..people have gotten so used to making fun of others that they sometimes don't even realize just how hurtful they are actually being..
When someone speaks out about this sort of stuff..the accused will then pull out that wonderful 1st amendment excuse and say that they can say and do whatever they want because of this..that in my opinion is one of the lamest excuses one can make..
They are pretty much saying that they can say and do whatever they want no matter how hurtful it is to others..now this protection of course doesn't extend to physically harming someone..and technically doesn't to emotional or mental harm..but how can anyone prove that emotional harm has occurred?
I guess what I'm trying to say that freedom isn't free..not just in the way it is obtained, through bloodshed and sacrifice..but it also comes through our own actions that we do..
If we want to truly be free..free to do what we want, free from hate and ill-feelings, free from poverty and oppression..then we must use our actions for that to happen..it doesn't just occur because some paper that was written in the late 1700's says that we have that right..it happens with everything that we do..as well as what other people do..
Now I can't always control the actions of other people..but I can make good use of my own actions to help create this freedom..plus it turns out that good actions are kinda like the flu or bubonic plague or even smallpox..so contagious you get it practically by just looking at the person who has it..by using good actions I get more freedom and then in exchange I can also help influence other people to do the same and we all end up with a much better world..
Now that's not too shabby of a plan..if I do say so myself..