Can you really call it freedom, when you run away from the poor?
SUVs and fenced homes, private guards and camera doors;
Elegant jails of the rich, reflect their fear and guilt.
2006-11-03 12:02:05 · 4 answers · asked by haiku4u 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Sure, freedom of choice.
2006-11-03 12:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reality there can be no such thing as true freedom. True freedom would mean there were no legal restrictions whatsoever on what you could do. For example, if you wanted to kill someone, you could because you are FREE to do what you want. But notice, if there are no laws and people are free to do whatever they want, then people will constantly be committing acts that impede on the freedom of others. (If there is nothing to stop someone from harming you just because they want to, are you really free? no.)
Therefore, laws (i.e., limitations on freedom) are in fact necessary to protect freedom. Hmmm.... The idea is to find the ideal BALANCE between limitations and liberties such that all people's freedom is protected in the best way possible. Hence the old saying, your freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose. Governments have to (or at least should) find the point of balance where people are oppressed neither by laws nor by other people.
I think the real essence of your question (and a good question it is) is whether or not we live in a nation that has an appropriate balance of freedom when these things you described exist. I would say no, we don't. We are closer to that balance than some other countries are, but that doesn't mean we are where we need to be. When less than 10% of a country's population own and control 90% of its resources, can you really say that country has found an appropriate balance of freedom for all its citizens? I think not.
2006-11-03 13:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by eternallythirsty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To some the only requirement for Freedom is a trip to the nude beach.
Freedom as our government portray it is an illusion. Everyday someone will be saying, "I can't believe this is happening in America." These are the people who live in this illusion and they get pretty much jolted when they open their eyes.
2006-11-03 12:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's almost poetic.
2006-11-03 12:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by motorized vehicle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋