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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
You mean like how homosexuals can't be legally married in most states? Or do you mean like how sodomy is illegal is some states? Or do you mean why I can't buy hardcore porn DVDs in Cincinnati, Ohio simply because they don't allow it there? Or do you mean how my passport does not allow me to travel to Cuba, Iraq, Libya or North Korea?
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Those would all be examples of where the laws are currently either wrongly written or wrongly applied, or both, and need fixing.
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I'm confused about which freedom you speak of, because based on what is is supposed to mean, it's not working so well.
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Indeed not.
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I understand what it is SUPPOSED to be, but you can't throw the word "freedom" around and then limit the freedoms you have. It doesn't work that way, yet that is the way we are force fed it. Either a man / woman is free (totally free) or he / she is not. No limits.
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Freedom is a continuum, not a discrete state. Being god-inspired, god-filled, god-loved, true-believbing, whatnot, are all discrete states. So is being a virgin.
Freedom however is more like being a slut than being a virgin.
The history of sentient beings on earth is the history of their struggle for their freedom. There exist objective limits to that (you do not have the freedom to not breathe), and subjective limits to that.
Those subjective limits can be self imposed (you do not have the freedom to lie for instance) or mandated from outside (you do not have the freedom to speak in public).
Of the later, some are more reasonable than others, in that they have some reason, and some are completely arbitrary.
At the very least, practical freedom is the freedom from any arbitrary restrictions on freedom.