The trial of Anders Behring Breivik

[Viking]

Care to show one?

Since I am lazy, I am going to throw in Wikipedia (Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas via speech); though since you are making a claim as much as I am, the burden of proof lies with you as well.

Nah. If all you can do is express adoration for the status quo, it's the equivalent of not saying anything.

It isn't, you are bringing the attention whatever topic you want ("kudos to government for reducing the infant mortality rate from 998 to 992 per 1000"). Saying "the president has an ugly nose" is not likely to lead to anything at all, so by your thinking, it's no big deal if it becomes illegal to speak ill of the facial features of the president.

What you are saying goes against the core of free speech: to say "whatever" you like. If you were detained for praising the government, you lack one certain aspect of freedom of speech (note that it is not specified who is detaining you). It could be included in the constitution that "thou shalt not talk in a positive manner about the current government", for whatever reason; perhaps to inspire creative thinking.

The difference being that the favorable opinion will likely go through, while the dissenting opinion will land the author in a heap of trouble.

The key is that in undemocratic countries, it is generally harder to voice your opinion, no matter what it is. For instance, the Internet is not available to the average person in North Korea.

If either one of the destroys a star system, they are functionally the same.

The fireworks you can get your hands on will not do that, which happens to be the firworks that I am thinking of.