Driving down the street, in the bathroom, on telephone polls, on walls of buildings, and even on trees, bumper stickers and other forms of verbal decorations clutter our view. Some make us laugh, some provoke anger, and some pull the tiny chords on our pity strings, but all express an opinion. Should we allow people to plaster everything in view with their opinions? Those who cry out with an emphatic NO believe that these types of verbal decorations are an invasion of their privacy. However, those of us who treasure our freedom of speech and expression, view it in an entirely different light.

Looking around the past few days, I noticed a variety of verbal expression just about everywhere I went. A mini van passed by with no fewer than twenty bumper stickers on the back of the vehicle. I...