To: Antoninus
"Freedom" isn't the ability to do anything you want when you want with whomever you want. No, freedom is the ability to do whatever you want so long as you do not harm the person or property of another without their consent.
539 posted on
05/20/2005 8:10:57 AM PDT by
Modernman
("Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde)
To: Modernman
The basis of liberty is not that permission to do legitimate things is granted to the people by the government. Rather, the government is empowered by the people to do a limited number of legitimate things. All else the people are free to do. We do not need to justify our choices.
540 posted on
05/20/2005 8:13:44 AM PDT by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
To: Modernman
No, freedom is the ability to do whatever you want so long as you do not harm the person or property of another without their consent.
According to the great prophet John Stuart Mill. I don't subscribe to that particular religion.
571 posted on
05/20/2005 11:19:15 AM PDT by
Antoninus
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