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title sez it all.....are you totally free?
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Thank you Laurel.....your answer sez it all.
JazzManJim
On the Downbeat
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So what's your point?
tryingsumtinnew
Spring mode has arrived
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Are we completely free to do anything we please? No
Is that a good thing? For the most part I think so.
Is that a good thing? For the most part I think so.
nawtyleanni
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Freedom is relative. There is no such thing as absolute freedom.
One necessary (but perhaps not sufficient) criteria for me to consider a nation "free" would be that it allows it's citizens to leave the country if they choose.
One necessary (but perhaps not sufficient) criteria for me to consider a nation "free" would be that it allows it's citizens to leave the country if they choose.
Lost Cause
It's a wrap!
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Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness.....
You have to define your freedom as it's individual, from one person to the next. There are people who think they are free living in a cage of restrictive laws and government oversight. There are people like me who don't like to be told what to do, and when I distance myself from the "controllers" in life, I do feel "free."
I've always held to the definition that freedom is you doing what you need to do to make you happy, as long as it doesn't present a physical threat to another, or their property.
That also fits into my idea of what "liberty" is.
I think with the encroachment of restrictive legislation, and nosey motherfuckers that get into your life, the pursuit of happiness will be narrowly defined. It might get down to "pursuit of survival," with taxes, and work defining the rest!
You have to define your freedom as it's individual, from one person to the next. There are people who think they are free living in a cage of restrictive laws and government oversight. There are people like me who don't like to be told what to do, and when I distance myself from the "controllers" in life, I do feel "free."
I've always held to the definition that freedom is you doing what you need to do to make you happy, as long as it doesn't present a physical threat to another, or their property.
That also fits into my idea of what "liberty" is.
I think with the encroachment of restrictive legislation, and nosey motherfuckers that get into your life, the pursuit of happiness will be narrowly defined. It might get down to "pursuit of survival," with taxes, and work defining the rest!
