Are all days perfect? Oh God, no, but I don't live in constant fear of being assaulted by any government official. As I learned this week, based on the revolutions in both Tunisia and Egypt, many citizens lived this way on a daily basis. In most cases, if there is an issue affecting the immediate safety of an American citizen, it gets resolved because it makes national news. The media paints those involved as evil and governments want to fix the problem so that the bad publicity can stop. However, in the case of the Arab Spring, governments were so corrupt that people couldn't express their opinions at all. Facebook was the only tool they had. As a journalism major, my job after college will likely be related to the freedom of speech I have. To be honest, it scares me that some people in the world don't have the ability to express their opinion. Something that would put this week into perspective, I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I was born in this country. It could be much worse,