Stable Change

3. Stable Change ( aka Safety Valve) — see Benedict Spinoza, Tractatus-Theologico Politicus
     It has been suggested that a society in which angry and alienated citizens are allowed to speak their mind, or "vent," will be more stable, as people will be less likely to resort to violence.  It has also been pointed out that allowing the alienated and discontented to speak freely enables the government to better monitor potentially dangerous groups who would otherwise act more clandestinely. Ultimately, it is in the government's own self-interest to allow such venting.

Of the eight values of free expression the one that I find the most value in is “Stable Change” as this suggests that venting allows for a society to prevent violence as a result of angry or alienated citizens. It is the most important because it allows for safe expression of these things that might make a person angry, violence in my opinion is something that can be easily prevented and it is my belief that everything should be done in order to prevent violence from occurring. I often tell my friends that any secret they tell me will be safe with me unless someone is going to harm another person or themselves. Though I can understand the reasons for acting out of anger or frustration but the actions of violence themselves are something I refuse to validate in order to reduce the amount that those around me resort to violence. Being safe is something that I put a lot of value in, I am a rather anxious person and coming up with scenarios which could be the result of risky behavior is something i am rather good at, so being safe is one of the things I care about because I know of all the potentially harmful things that could be a result of not being safe.

Carrier Pigeons & World War Two

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/carrier-pigeons-wwii.html 

Carrier Pigeons are homing pigeons, which means that they are able to find their nest from a good distance away. One of the biggest advantages of the pigeons is that there is significantly less chance of any invasion of privacy due to the fact that pigeons cannot read these letters and such. They can also travel considerably faster than anyone might suspect, fifty miles per hour and an occasional burst of speed, which could be considered the bird version of sprinting after jogging for a while, which can hit around ninety miles per hour. These pigeons had a significant impact on the world wars but the biggest effect was during world war two once American and British bird keepers donated their birds to this operation before a stable breeding program was set up. The birds were placed in little wooden boxes and air dropped into the proper country, parachutes would prevent the crate or birds inside from hitting the ground too hard. Many of the birds flew around four-hundred miles to deliver secret messages and the locations of the German soldiers around Europe. There were complications in using the carrier pigeons as well because for one they were not at the top of the food chain and would be killed by hawks or other birds of prey, weather posed an issue was well and there were even records of sympathizers within Europe capturing the birds to help further the Nazi cause.