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"Mark Donovan" |
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03 Aug 2007 01:10:51 PM |
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Re: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM |
It's simple: freedom is the ability to do whatever you want, to live however
you like, as long as you are not hurting anybody else.
MD
"Lockheed Martin" <warprofits@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
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IS IT FREEDOM OF SLAVE WAGES?
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| User: "Freedom Fighter" |
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| Title: Re: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM |
03 Aug 2007 03:58:48 PM |
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"Mark Donovan" <MD@md.co16435.tw> wrote in message
news:46b36f8e$0$12216$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
It's simple: freedom is the ability to do whatever you want, to live
however you like, as long as you are not hurting anybody else.
I agree 100%, but in the allegedly "free country" called America, the
definition has changed. Here is how one presidential candidate defines
freedom:
" - FREEDOM IS NOT A CONCEPT IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT, BE
ANYTHING THEY CAN BE. FREEDOM IS ABOUT AUTHORITY. FREEDOM IS ABOUT THE
WILLINGNESS OF EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING TO CEDE TO LAWFUL AUTHORITY A GREAT
DEAL OF DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT."
- Mayor Giuliani, quoted in the New York Times, March 17, 1994.
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| User: "Hugh Bytchakakov" |
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| Title: Re: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM |
03 Aug 2007 01:31:33 PM |
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On Aug 3, 2:10 pm, "Mark Donovan" <M...@md.co16435.tw> wrote:
It's simple: freedom is the ability to do whatever you want, to live however
you like, as long as you are not hurting anybody else.
MD
"Lockheed Martin" <warprof...@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
news:1sq6b35no7i9ib0jvrel6pa53rfhsm3e78@4ax.com...
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------------ SO WE AGREE THAT BEHAVIORS LIKE ALCOHOLISM ...
.... drug addiction, and tobacco use ARE NOT FEATURES of freedom, since
the addicted affect the lives of family, friends, and society as a
whole.
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| User: "Mark Donovan" |
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| Title: Re: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM |
03 Aug 2007 01:47:37 PM |
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"Hugh Bytchakakov" <perryneheum@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 3, 2:10 pm, "Mark Donovan" <M...@md.co16435.tw> wrote:
It's simple: freedom is the ability to do whatever you want, to live
however
you like, as long as you are not hurting anybody else.
MD
"Lockheed Martin" <warprof...@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
news:1sq6b35no7i9ib0jvrel6pa53rfhsm3e78@4ax.com...
IS IT FREEDOM OF SLAVE WAGES?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
------------ SO WE AGREE THAT BEHAVIORS LIKE ALCOHOLISM ...
... drug addiction, and tobacco use ARE NOT FEATURES of freedom, since
the addicted affect the lives of family, friends, and society as a
whole.
In general, you are right. However, if I am a wealthy, retired individual,
living alone, never driving while intoxicated, never bothering anybody else,
drinking only inside my own home, then my alcoholism is none of your
business.
MD
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