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Some want the ultimate freedom, so they take over entire countries and terrorize people into submission. Once they rule a country and it's people, they can make the rules and literally get away with almost anything. That's freedom at it's peak. Intoxicated with the desire for freedom, people like Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Stalin and others have killed, tortured and subdued millions.
Originally posted by type0civ
Some want the ultimate freedom, so they take over entire countries and terrorize people into submission. Once they rule a country and it's people, they can make the rules and literally get away with almost anything. That's freedom at it's peak. Intoxicated with the desire for freedom, people like Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Stalin and others have killed, tortured and subdued millions.
I believe that is "tyranny" not freedom
Originally posted by bubbaron
reply to post by 2manyquestions
Freedom is a little like having a gun. It's not the gun that hurts people, but the person using the gun that does. By enjoying your personal freedom you could easily hurt one or more people, thus depriving them of their freedom. What would you think if a person, who feels their personal freedom is to shoot a gun, steps out in the middle of . . . say Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and pursues their personal freedom. The same thing would happen as it did in Tucson or Virgina Tech or Columbine. Mankind may want all of the freedom that they can have but restrictions must be placed so that everyone will not be denied their freedom of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Originally posted by mkpetrov
Those who are obsessed with money are not exactly "freedom seekers", IMO. Their efforts to constantly gain more and more are their total enslavement.