Freedom
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07/05/20 06:08 AM
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Mark June
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When I'm trapping, it's a good time to reflect on many things. Trapping, usually a solitary endeavor, allows for discussions with me, myself, and I most days. Yesterday was the day, we as America, celebrate our birth as a nation. "Let Freedom Ring!" as a National theme. So I was thinking;
Freedom: We're taught that freedom is the ability to act as we wish according to our passions and desires. Do what we want kind of thinking. True?
Yet a fish is free, but it can't walk.
So freedom must not be able to do all things, correct?
We're taught a much better definition of freedom in my current studies, than the one I got in Mr. Hoover's 6th grade public school history class, back in the day.
Freedom: The ability to maintain the uprightness of your character and to act in conformity to it.
In other words, Freedom is not so much what we are allowed to do. It's about the objects we are allowed to choose.
Blessings! Mark
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 08:17 AM
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In other words, Freedom is not so much what we are allowed to do. It's about the objects we are allowed to choose.
Blessings! Mark[/quote]
True! Retirement is a the real understanding of freedom in every way.
Last edited by snowy; 07/05/20 08:17 AM.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 09:20 AM
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JD Hornet
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I agree with the above post and would add, FREEDOM HAS A PRICE AND THAT PRICE HAS AND WILL BE PAYED IN BLOOD!
Farm Hard
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 09:42 AM
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danny clifton
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Freedom is about having choices. Yes you can choose to steal or murder but the penalties are severe. In order to live with each other we can not allow those things so no nobody is 100% free.
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Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 10:13 AM
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white marlin
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What is it to be as free a bird. .. I think sometimes when defining freedom considering where we come from gives us a better perception of where we are. Having wings doesn't necessarily guarantee the ability to fly. After all being a penguin must be like having a weight tying him down and never take to the air. and yet, a penguin can "fly" through the sea! (ever seen them on National Geographic?); and other birds can't "fly" (at least for very long!) through the water. so, re-defining our terms/perceptions can indeed make us Free!
Last edited by white marlin; 07/05/20 03:46 PM.
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 10:35 PM
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Mark June
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Freedom: The ability to maintain the uprightness of your character and to act in conformity to it.
In other words, Freedom is not so much what we are allowed to do. It's about the objects we are allowed to choose.
I was thinking as I posted this earlier, I've always like a good solid hand shake. Not really sure why. Covid-19 has promised us as society to limit the objects we are allowed to choose, one being no more hand shakes?
When governance (people elected or unelected) limit our options, and we have less ability to maintain the uprightness of our character and act accordingly, we are less free as a people.
Of course, if someone isn't really concerned about their morality, that theory goes bye-bye.
Covid-19 has been a tragedy for freedom.
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 10:53 PM
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Mark June
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I do also. But I'm sure you see folks now who are not. The owners of the ranch I trap had a big bash July 4th bash at their hunting lodge, and there were all sorts of rules posted for the bash. #3 on the list - no hand shakes.
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Re: Freedom
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07/05/20 11:13 PM
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Mark June
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You can tell a lot by a simple hand shake
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Re: Freedom
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07/06/20 12:05 AM
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Freedom is definitely about the number of choices we have. Our actions, good or bad, are our choice. There is always some consequence to any and all of our actions (thoughts and ideas too).
The coronavirus, and other things, just keep chiseling away at our freedoms.
I miss a good handshake and lots of other freedoms.
“I don't know, Chief, if he's very smart or very dumb.” Capt. Quint
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Re: Freedom
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07/06/20 11:56 AM
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The Beav
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Freedom Is at It's peak right know.
You can loot you can kill one another and burn buildings and tear down history and burn the flag with no repercussions. All In the name of freedom. What more do they want?
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Re: Freedom
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07/06/20 12:24 PM
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With freedom comes responsibility. I question this???? How can you be free, with responsibilities?
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Re: Freedom
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07/06/20 01:27 PM
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If you choose to share your genes with someone, you’d better take responsibility. Freedom is the right to make a choice. But if your ‘freedom’ causes strife for someone else, it’s your responsibility to step up and do the right thing.
Never too old to learn
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