Since when was free speech a recognized right? There's restrictions on it in every country on the planet. We in the west are lucky that we're allowed to say a l

Since when was free speech a recognized right? There's restrictions on it in every country on the planet. We in the west are lucky that we're allowed to say a lot without restriction, but we hardly have free speech. Other peoples rights are always more important than my own, that's recognized in every country regardless of political affiliation. I can't libel or defame someone even though I have a right to freedom of speech, and I can't threaten the stability of my country as it may endanger peoples lives, which is why there's national security laws that can put strangle holds on newspapers and essentially anyone. People respond to the Chinese banning things like its inhumane. I'm sorry, but China has a notorious history of political instability, only two times in history has it not been in Civil War. That is right now, and when it was invaded and conquered by the Mongols. In less than 2 years China's raised the average household income by approximately 20% or $1,000, which is phenomenal. They have low unemployment for a third world country, inline with standards aimed for by western countries, usually below 11% is seen as good and China has an average of 9%. China is managing to keep a greater percentage of its citizens above the poverty line than the US, despite it being a slightly smaller country with four times the citizens. So please, perhaps question the restrictions placed on speech in your own country, before you condemn the restrictions placed in another country, with a different culture, different circumstances and a very different history. You question who deserves this right, however perhaps you should be questioning if we as westerners deserve this right, when people without this 'right' are treating their poor better than us.