What do you hear when people say freedom?

Griff · 01-02-2009, 08:53 AM

There is often a difference between what people think they're saying and what they are saying.
ex: UG thinks he's saying freedom for everyone. I'd say what people generally hear is submit to my freedom. That is why he and Radar and Dana collide, they all want a version of freedom to reign, but their definitions are incompatible.

My current definition shifts with what I see. It may not look that different from Radar's except that I do think that, despite its moral hazards, a social saftey net is in order. I do believe in the freedom to fail, which has become unpopular in governmental circles, meaning I'd rather see Wagoner on welfare than running GM. I believe the Supreme Court got it right, we have a individual right to self defense. I believe in a lot of stuff, but what do you hear?

footfootfoot · 01-02-2009, 10:28 AM

Depending upon the speaker and context, unfortunately I usually hear "license." You know doing what you want without concern for the consequences.

Sometimes I hear Richie Havens singing "Freedom" this one time I saw him in New Hampshire decades ago. He sang himself into a trance, fell off his stool, and continued singing and playing his guitar: Freeeeedommm Freeeeedommm Freedommmm.

He wasn't talking about license, he was singing about freedom. He was invoking freedom in all its manifestations.

Griff · 01-02-2009, 10:43 AM

Wait, he wasn't singing about smoking dope?

lumberjim · 01-02-2009, 10:50 AM

FRENCH FRIES

bluecuracao · 01-02-2009, 11:02 AM

When MLK says it, I get a tear in me e'e.

When Team America says it, I giggle.

When Toby Keith says it, I want to punch him in the mouth.

Griff · 01-02-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Depending upon the speaker and context, unfortunately I usually hear "license." You know doing what you want without concern for the consequences.

smart

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

FRENCH FRIES

yummy

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

When MLK says it, I get a tear in me e'e.

When Team America says it, I giggle.

When Toby Keith says it, I want to punch him in the mouth.

Well said.

Undertoad · 01-02-2009, 11:22 AM

Free will is a rather new discovery in the history of the human race. I guess it's those thoughts, choices, and actions you take independently, without depending on the god(s), society/tribes, or other people in your life.

Shawnee123 · 01-02-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

~snip~

When Toby Keith says it, I want to punch him in the mouth.

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Stormieweather · 01-02-2009, 12:45 PM

A lot of people think 'freedom' means free to do what you like unless you violate MY moral code. Then that is just 'wrong' and should be stopped immediately.

Shawnee123 · 01-02-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

A lot of people think 'freedom' means free to do what you like unless you violate MY moral code. Then that is just 'wrong' and should be stopped immediately.

Pedophiles are always doing that, thinking they are free to rape children.

My point being, where does one draw the line?

Ah, there's the rub.

piercehawkeye45 · 01-02-2009, 12:55 PM

Which line? I see a lot of them. In fact, I just see one gray blob.

Shawnee123 · 01-02-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

~snip~In fact, I just see one gray blob.

Well then, quit spying on me. :p

Cicero · 01-02-2009, 12:59 PM

I think of it in the way that UT thinks of it...But there is also all the little subatomic particles around, and outside forces that interfere with free will.

Do I really have free will with gravity holding me down? How free is freedom? I am more and more convinced that freedom exists only in varying degrees, if at all. It might have been manufactured to make us feel better. Great in theory..the practice..Not so much.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-02-2009, 08:09 PM

When I hear someone say freedom I wonder what's really on their mind. Usually, if I listen long enough, they get around to what their bitch really is.

piercehawkeye45 · 01-02-2009, 08:27 PM

Mel Gibson.

01-02-2009, 08:53 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What do you hear when people say freedom? There is often a difference between what people think they're saying and what they are saying. ex: UG thinks he's saying freedom for everyone. I'd say what people generally hear is submit to my freedom. That is why he and Radar and Dana collide, they all want a version of freedom to reign, but their definitions are incompatible. My current definition shifts with what I see. It may not look that different from Radar's except that I do think that, despite its moral hazards, a social saftey net is in order. I do believe in the freedom to fail, which has become unpopular in governmental circles, meaning I'd rather see Wagoner on welfare than running GM. I believe the Supreme Court got it right, we have a individual right to self defense. I believe in a lot of stuff, but what do you hear? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-02-2009, 10:28 AM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Depending upon the speaker and context, unfortunately I usually hear "license." You know doing what you want without concern for the consequences. Sometimes I hear Richie Havens singing "Freedom" this one time I saw him in New Hampshire decades ago. He sang himself into a trance, fell off his stool, and continued singing and playing his guitar: Freeeeedommm Freeeeedommm Freedommmm. He wasn't talking about license, he was singing about freedom. He was invoking freedom in all its manifestations. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-02-2009, 10:43 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wait, he wasn't singing about smoking dope? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-02-2009, 10:50 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	FRENCH FRIES __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-02-2009, 12:45 PM	#9
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	A lot of people think 'freedom' means free to do what you like unless you violate MY moral code. Then that is just 'wrong' and should be stopped immediately. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

01-02-2009, 11:02 AM	#5
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	When MLK says it, I get a tear in me e'e. When Team America says it, I giggle. When Toby Keith says it, I want to punch him in the mouth.

01-02-2009, 11:22 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Free will is a rather new discovery in the history of the human race. I guess it's those thoughts, choices, and actions you take independently, without depending on the god(s), society/tribes, or other people in your life.

01-02-2009, 12:55 PM	#11
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Which line? I see a lot of them. In fact, I just see one gray blob. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

01-02-2009, 12:59 PM	#13
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I think of it in the way that UT thinks of it...But there is also all the little subatomic particles around, and outside forces that interfere with free will. Do I really have free will with gravity holding me down? How free is freedom? I am more and more convinced that freedom exists only in varying degrees, if at all. It might have been manufactured to make us feel better. Great in theory..the practice..Not so much. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-02-2009, 08:09 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When I hear someone say freedom I wonder what's really on their mind. Usually, if I listen long enough, they get around to what their bitch really is. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-02-2009, 08:27 PM	#15
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Mel Gibson. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

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