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Old 03-10-2004, 02:09 PM   #25
Radar
Constitutional Scholar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
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Freedom is the ability to do ANYTHING you choose as long as your actions don't PYSICALLY harm or endanger the person, property, or rights of a non-consenting other.

Freedom means you can buy land and build anything you want on it without consulting your neighbors. It means you don't require permission from government to have any number of any type of guns you want with any amount of any type of ammunition. It means you can walk down the street saying "Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck" and not be charged with a crime. It means you can take any medicines you want, have any medical procedure you want, eat what you want, drink what you want, have sex with whomever you want, marry who you want, hire a prostitute, commit suicide, etc. as long as you've got consent from others taking part in any activities that involve more than one person, and you've obtained the services or products you want to use honestly without force or coersion.

Freedom means I can wake up in the morning after an all night orgy with my 5 wives and 5 husbands, use some heroin, go to a casino to gamble, come home and home school my kids, visit a prostitute and her sheep, have an abortion, and ride my motorcycle without a helmet into the brick wall of my adult bookstore I've built next to an elementary school.

It also means I can do less offensive things such as raise my children with my own values at home without testing from the government. It means I can grow my own food or medicine. It means I am responsible for any harm I do to others or thier property. It means I'm responsible for my own healthcare, retirement, education, and charity. It means that when I make stupid decisions, I must live with the consequences of those decisions. It means I'm not entitled to steal from my neighbor to pay for my percieved needs.

You can not separate freedom and responsibility. They are one in the same.
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