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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:27 PM
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Poll question: What is freedom?
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:29 PM
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1. Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose."
;)
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:31 PM
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2. It's just too easy, isn't it, Night Train? LOL
"C'mon, gimme something hard," he said.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:38 PM
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4. No pun intended
:evilgrin:
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:17 PM
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8. We may think it funny but I actually think it's true
the only true freedom must be when one is completely devoid of responsibility and cares. Nothing left to lose.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 11:14 PM
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13. I agree. There's a fundamental truth in this, too.
Read "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl.


We often enslave ourselves to those material and even intangible things which can be taken from us by "acts of God" or "acts of man" over which we have little or no control. We then often make the additional error of choosing to surrender that which cannot be taken and can only be given away: our happiness.
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brokensymmetry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:32 PM
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3. I picked "choices 2-4 combined".
With those, all else follows. Without them, bad things begin to happen.
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sangha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:41 PM
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5. Just another word
for nothing left to lose
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:20 PM
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9. Hey! Get your own damned material.
:P
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:04 PM
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6. Freedom is
Speaking your mind, choosing your God(dess)(es) of choice (or not), loving who you want to love, the ability to pursue your dreams, and being your true self without fear of reprisals and repercussions.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:14 PM
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7. When someone asks you to do something
Can you say no? If not, then you're not free.
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:25 PM
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11. Hey there
How's it goin?
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 11:06 PM
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12. Not bad
How are you? :hi:
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 11:37 PM
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14. I'm great - I hit 1000 posts today -
I inspected three houses, and it was an unbelievably beautiful day. I'm tired though. So I'm just sittin back relaxing. Can I have a hug, please? :hug:
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 02:40 AM
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15. cool
Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 02:44 AM by camero
Yeah you can :hug: Sorry it took so long. I had to do a defrag on my computer. Congrats on 1000 posts :party:


It gets real nice up there this time of year and sometimes in August too. Almost 4am here so I should hit the hay. talk to you tomorrow.

Here, have another :hug: :)
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 10:24 PM
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10. i voted for 2 to 4
Freedom of expression (thought, speech, art, etc) is the most important, but the freedom to be irresponsible and the freedom to be jocular are important too. We still basically have freedom, both in the US and Canada, but unless things change and we throw out the ass**les, our freedoms will be even more eroded little by little.
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