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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (37323)2/18/2005 2:46:37 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 173976
 
What Freedom? What Liberty?

"The founding fathers designed a framework that would adapt over time, to the changing views of morality of its citizens, while retaining certain immutable tenets: the inalienable rights of men; the limited role of government; the checks and balances of power."

If freedom is an inalienable right, can it be signed away or bargained with?

The answer is “No. Inalienable specifically regards that which cannot be severed, surrendered, transferred, or alienated from the person in any way.

So how clear cut are the ideas we bandy about in these discussions under the veil of ‘freedom’. Not at all clear and in most cases not even applicable.

I would divide the freedom issue into two aspects of rights. Those rights that one is endowed with at birth as a matter of being granted noble human status. Secondly, those rights one is granted by the state in order to maintain and secure noble personhood.

It is a self-evident fact that noble human beings are endowed with the natural right to think, speak, and conduct themselves freely with regard to the well being of creatures and creation.

Do you currently have this level of freedom recognized by the government?

No, is the correct answer.

At the heart of this question we must look to the government to recognize and protect our freedom to conduct ourselves, at all times, in a conscionable manner. Anything else from the government, represents a coercive influence. Coercion in government is the antithesis of freedom.

It should therefore be self evident to all of us that liberty is represented by the following statement:

'No person shall be required to violate an issue of personal conscience in the performance of public or private service to another.'

If the government recognized this fundamental inalienable right of noble human beings, it would drastically alter the society in which we currently live.
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