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Definition of FREEDOM
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: the quality or state of being free: as a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b : liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : independence c : the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous d : ease, facility e : the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken f : improper familiarity g : boldness of conception or execution h : unrestricted use
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a : a political right b : franchise, privilege
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the quality or state of being free
Definition of FREE
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a : having the legal and political rights of a citizen b : enjoying civil and political liberty c : enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination d : enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another
What if freedom is a myth?
I think of the monkey born in the zoo. The poor creature has never known freedom. It is fed every day, and its offspring are sold to other zoos. The poor beast is docile in its cage and does tricks for the zookeeper.
What if we have never known freedom and have been taught to embrace our bondage, to fight for it, even to worship it. What if we accept our cage as freedom?
Originally posted by TheBandit795
I have a job
I have to pay income taxes,
I have loans to pay back.
I have a credit card.
I am subject to the laws of the country I live in
I can't just decide today that I'm going to leave my country and visit others for an indefinite time without consequence, and without having to request my employers to do so.
am not free, are you???
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Interesting stuff.
You are free to quit your job if you wish.
If you are homeless because of it, it is your free choice that picked to be homeless.
If you wish to have the perks of a society (food, medicine, clothing, ambulance, fire trucks, roads) then you have to pay for them. Income tax does that. If you don't want these perks then go off the grid and live off the land in the outback of Australia or Alaska or something.
You were free not to take out loans. But since you did take them out, then you must pay them back or you are a thief.
again .. your choice to have one.
again .. your choice to obey or not. But suffer the consequences if you decide not to.
In an ordered and safe society, there must be laws to protect everyone, including you.
You are free to leave your employment anytime you wish.
When you agree to work, you agree to abide by rules.
The employer must be able to depend on you.
Seriously though ... you won't be totally free until you are dead.
But then again - even then more powerful spirits will be in control.
So I suppose you wont' be totally free then either.
If you wish to have the perks of a society (food, medicine, clothing, ambulance, fire trucks, roads) then you have to pay for them. Income tax does that. If you don't want these perks then go off the grid and live off the land in the outback of Australia or Alaska or something.
Originally posted by 2manyquestions
Everyone and everything on this planet will have a different definition of freedom.
Originally posted by RadicalRebel
Originally posted by 2manyquestions
Everyone and everything on this planet will have a different definition of freedom.
When i speak of freedom, i can feel it inside me, welling up never to be released.
Its something mostly that i can never truly express, mostly because i have never truly experienced it.
Even though i have lived my life without ever having a bank account, ever owning a car, or a home to call my own, and even though i work like a dog for the little earnings i make i learned early that my "freedoms" come at a cost and as unintended as those cost are they are my burden to bear for the choices i have made, i can only hope that i can stay true to my beleifs in the coming months and years.
My greatest burden is the knowlegde that, in the pursuit of what i consider life, liberty and happiness, i have caused a wake of woes, my greatest being those of the great woman who birthed me into this world, taught me all the right reasons in my youth to be rebelious, made sure i knew about our history and our future and now wishes me to ignore it all so that i can be "normal" and well integrated in society.
Perhaps true freedom for me, lay in her happiness....
Perhaps true freedom for us all, lies in the happiness of others
Originally posted by TheBandit795
Hi all,
Sometimes there are threads and posts here concerning the word "freedom" that make me wonder.
Are the people who defend the notion that in their countries they are free, really free??? Are people such as U.S. citizens or European citizens really free??
Is that freedom brought to them by their government? (politicians, armed forces, judicial system etc...?) By the constitution?
First lets look at the definition of freedom:
Definition of free:
Definition of FREE
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a : having the legal and political rights of a citizen b : enjoying civil and political liberty c : enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination d : enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another
Do we have the legal and political rights of a citizen? Do we enjoy civil and political liberty?
Do we have freedom from outside domination? (In other words: are we free do do as we please with our own lives without having stuff imposed by us by outside forces? (jobs, governments, taxes, bank(loans), other debts, rules and regulations etc..)
I will be the first to admit that I am not free:
Originally posted by FlyersFan
I am subject to the laws of the country I live in
again .. your choice to obey or not. But suffer the consequences if you decide not to.
In an ordered and safe society, there must be laws to protect everyone, including you.