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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:32 PM Original message |
Help me answer this question from a coworker: |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. sounds good to me n/t |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Subjective. |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
63. LOL n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep. I'd rather be free and informed that deluded |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. FALSE DICHOTOMY |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Not saying that one excludes the other, but |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. No, I reject the question altogether. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Well, the question was formulated by Ben Franklin, in a manner of speaking |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Jail, dictatorships, prison camps, all come to mind |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. How can you have happiness/security/comfort if you are |
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lady lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Yes, a false dichotomy. |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Freedom isn't different from happiness, security and comfort. |
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Acryliccalico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I agree....n/t |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Weren't they self-inclusive? Why choose one over the other? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. what an illusion. without freedom you will not be able to obtain |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Who defines happiness, security, and comfort? |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Delete by owner of foolish thought. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That' it exactly... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Eighty-hour work weeks and no health coverage |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is that the latest right wing talking point?? |
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OctOct1 (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank God our founding fathers had no confusion |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks very much for the answers so far! Let me elaborate, though... |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. And therein lies your answer - a CHILD |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That's a great response! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. We are not, for the most part, children. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. No, I contend that the child is still free |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I believe it is a continuum...without security you can't have freedom and |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Freedom" is a relative term. Nobody is truly "free". |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. The pride in being a mature, responsible adult, who faces challenges |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Freedom |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because happiness and comfort require freedom... |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Here's my take |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ridiculous question... |
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yellowdogmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. I think it is a false choice. |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. because happiness is individual |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. Isn't freedom basically the abililty to pursue |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. And how about OUR CONSTITUTION that declares our rights |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. Is THAT what she thinks she's getting now? |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. I equate that question with the red pill/blue pill choice in The Matrix. |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's the difference between adulthood and childhood |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Beautiful, inspiring description. n/t |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. Have your read 'Brave New World' - If not, BOTH of you |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. Aren't all of those ambiguous, or better yet, subjective concepts? |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Yes |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. Your coworker is operating under the premise |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. As the others have said they ALL go together |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. To quote Martin Sheen from "The West Wing" he once said |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. False dichotomy |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. The key is to define happiness |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. bingo-exactly |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. Pick one |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm probably a little late in chiming in....but here goes |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. I am happy that I have freedom. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. How can you have happiness, security, and comfort without freedom? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. because there is no happieness, security and comfort |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. Freedom is an experience, No can give you real freedom, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. How can you have freedom without happiness, security, comfort? |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. it's subjective-tibetan monks/others/ experience their |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. Ever See The Movie, "The Truman Show" |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. The Answer Is Obvious. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. Freedom makes me happy, secure, and comfortable |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
62. remind coworker of 50s 'better dead than red' RW slogan???? |
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