Max has been learning about rights and freedoms at school. At dinner one night he went on a rant about freedom of speech.
Max: I want to know why kids don't have freedom of speech at school! We aren't allowed to express our opinions.
Greta: Well, I think you can if you do so respectfully. There is a difference between freedom of speech and slander.
Gus: Yes, freedom of speech is more like not being able to express your views about a bad government.
Through this conversation Ada was eating her dinner and largely ignoring what we were saying. At the mention of the word government she perked right up.
Ada: Yes! Government! What I want to know is why the government is giving everybody else money, but nobody is giving me any money!
She wasn't pleased when we all started laughing. Not sure where she got the idea that the government was giving us all money (maybe CERB?), but I might have to quote her on a T-shirt.
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