Friday, August 10, 2012

Freedom Given Shouldn't Abridge Freedom of Others

What's that saying? Love isn't love until you give it away? meaning, you've got to love someone for love to exist.

Well, in a way, freedom isn't freedom unless you give it to someone else. If a person is only interested in the freedoms that benefit themself, that sense of freedom is limited. Real freedom must cover both parties.

Now, I sit here considering how such a theory fits into drug abuse. Is it I who am restricting the freedom of others, not believing drugs should be legalized? Or, is it the drug addict, who does not account for how his actions affect others?

Or, how about abortion? Is it I who limit the rights of others by opposing abortion? Or, is it those who favor abortion but who do not recognize the life of the unborn, and therefore do not acknowledge the rights of those people living in the womb?

It is a good thought, that when a freedom is granted, it should not abridge the freedom of others or it will, in a way, be a false freedom. But, the application of this might take a little more thought than what I have to give tonight.

What is the other saying? Your freedom ends where my nose begins?

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