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Saturday, May 10, 2008

What is "Freedom"?

I have seen other blogs and known many people that talk about freedom. Most of them if not all have different opinions of what freedom means. This is the definition posted on Merriam-Webster.com.

Main Entry: free·dom
Pronunciation: frē-dəm
Function: noun
Date: before 12th century

1)the quality or state of being free
2)the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action
3)liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another
4)the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous
5)the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken

I believe freedom is the right to be human. To think and do what you want in your own home so long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's freedoms. The problem is, there are always going to be rules and restrictions as to what you can and can't do, limitations. You can never be 100% free to do what you want (i.e. violence, theft, etc). These limitations are sometimes governed by religious beliefs, governments, moral beliefs, physical, mental, etc. Everyone on earth has these limitations. Even the most psychotic, deranged killer has their limits, I'm not sure what they are but, they do have limitations. The point of this is to have as few limitations as possible.

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