http://www.algeria.com/forums/geopolitics-international-affairs/12030.htm
This article is about how a cartoon was made about the military life. The cartoon showed a soldier without any limbs and the doctor told him that he was going to have to be stretched thin implying the the military is stretched too thin. Once the military found out they became outraged and ordered it to be taken down.
This relates to the constitution because in the first amendment it granted freedom of press, but when the military dislikes it they took it down. Many are concerned with the ways of government and how they are allowing our rights as Americans to be ignored.
In my opinion the cartoon should have been kept up. Many wouldn't be able to understand the purpose of the cartoon since it didn't give much information on what it was referring to. The fact that the government would take away our rights of freedom of press then it shows that they really don't value our rights as they should. Our government is supposed to protect our rights not take them away just because the military doesn't like it.
I feel as if the military is taking advantage of their power. Many people in the world are criticized and humiliated publicly by political cartoons and you rarely hear about them putting up a big fuss about it. If someone feels that the military it stretched too thin than that is their opinion and it should not be strip from the papers because they feel like it is making a mockery of them.
"Press Freedom under Attack as Cartoon Controversy Erupts." Algeria Hotel and Travel Guide | By Algeria Channel. Feb. 2006. Web. 26 Aug. 2010. <http://www.algeria.com/forums/geopolitics-international-affairs/12030.htm>
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