Freedom

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1) Freedom is --

A) the right to not be punished so long as you obey the law

B) the right to live your life as you see fit so long as you are not a threat to others

C) other

2) Freedom should be preserved --

A) but must yield when a greater social good can be accomplished

B) at every turn except in the most extreme circumstances

C) other

3) When freedom must yield the circumstances, duration and manner for doing so are best determined by --

A) experts in the given subject/issue

B) the people governed by the exception

C) other

4) Freedom belongs to --

A) everyone

B) those who satisfy the necessary requirements

C) other


Maybe not my best poll but -- meh -- give it a whirl.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. No one has a single thought about the nature of freedom?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. ???

1) Freedom is --

A) the right to not be punished so long as you obey the law

So if the law says that I'm 3/5th of a person (which it did at one time - right there in the Constitution) and the law says that I had to go to use separate facilities - whether bathrooms, or water fountains, or even hotels, pools, seats in a theater or other public venue (which it did in way too many locales at one time - and probably still exists on places, whether explicit or not), then I am "free" as long as if I follow "massah's" "law" because I supposedly won't be "punished", despite the fact that the law itself punishes me?

Mmmmkay.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. There are some

that actually do assert freedom is defined by what the law permits. If the law were to forbid a thing than the law would trumpt the presumed freedom.

Not my position, just accounting for the assertions put forward by others.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Wasn't the "poll" feature turned on?

Not sure but thought I saw some recently... ?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. I didn't see it but I don't think it would be adequate for my 4 questions.

Thank-you for your initial thoughts, though.