[Deliberator]

The concepts of "freedom" and "liberty" get very blurred once you have an urbanized industrial society in which people live in close proximity to each other and are practically forced to interact with each other on a daily basis.

I don't think they become "blurred"---I think they just require a greater commitment to minding one's own business.

[Alberta's Child]

I think they do become blurred. If you and I live next door to each other, almost anything I do on my property can have some kind of impact on you (particularly with regard to things like water and air quality). Should I be permitted to play my stereo all night if it keeps you awake? Conversely, should you be able to force me never to play my stereo at all?

A real dilemma in this regard: If you live next door to me, should I be permitted to bring down the law against you if your refuse to have your children inoculated against lethal infectious diseases?