Do you believe that other democratic free countries have slogans and taglines such as, "Freedom isn't free"?

Question

I'm not sure what to think; I'm kind of confused on this one. On one hand I love this country a lot and have always felt very patriotic, but it also seems like phrases are thrown about having to do with freedom that sound just like that; phrases.

What do you think? Do you think countries such as the UK and others have to feel like they should talk about and push their love for freedom all the time, or do you think it's being made too big of a deal?

Answer 1

The concept that "freedom isn't free" is often mis-applied.

The basic idea is that if you want freedoms and rights, then something must be given up to the process.

Originally, that meant time and energy and effort. To preserve our freedoms, we had to speak and act and move. We had to act to ensure that we didn't lose what the Constitution gave us.

That concept has been twisted and perverted by the political process in many countries, going back decades, but especially recently. Now, the idea seems to be that if you want some freedoms, you must give up others.

But I guess it makes sense. Since most people stopped defending their rights, and stopped speaking out demanding their freedoms, they weren't putting any time or effort into preserving them. So, something else had to give.

Along came the politicians and the fear-mongers, who told them that if they just gave up some of their freedoms, just a few.... they could keep the rest. And like foolish children, they swallowed that line, like candy laced with cancer.

Answer 2

Freedom isnt free - I served my country with honor - My brother in law died today in Iraq - And how many people in the past wars - so how is that free when it cost thousands of soldiers lives to bring democracy to the world. So learn it well - its cost dearly to give to the rest of the world what we seem to be throwing away here. - we should shout out loud how much we love freedom

Either that or move out of our GOD loving - FREEDOM loving country

Yes all freedom loving countries should show just how much they love it.

Answer 3

Fundamentalists use labels as weapons, dialogue-diverting smokescreens that reveal a lot about their own shadow. For example, they have demonized Liberal Democrats using phrases like “the Liberal elite,” repeated over and over, who they claim are part of some “vast liberal media conspiracy.” In fact, there is an actual conspiracy underway and it is the fundamentalist Christian cult’s shadowy, carefully planned, two-decade-long infiltration and gradual takeover of the Republican Party from the grassroots-up. “Elitism,” in reality, is at the core of the Bush administration’s dark side, especially their pretentious, religious and political elitism.

George W’s elite base includes the wealthy and the powerful. They are the hidden people he really represents, those economically “elite,” special interest bosses he described so accurately in a speech at one of his private, campaign fund raising dinners: “You’re my base: the haves and the have mores.” They must have been some of the people he was referring to at a 2002 meeting with his economic squad about a second round of tax cuts: “Haven’t we already given money to rich people?”

The Bush administration’s obsession with “activist” judges is a bona fide tar pit; it’s their own projected shadow transforming judges (and “trial lawyers”) into another “evil enemy.” Again, the dark side is so obvious: project our own “activism” onto the justice system. Bush and his religious cohorts are in-deed fundamentalist political “activists” in the truest sense of the word. Consider the Lawless, unjust treatment of U.S. citizens, suspected terrorists and prisoners, justified by scary group jargon like “national security” or “we’re in a war”—Bush’s “war” that is at once everywhere and nowhere, making a mockery of the inscription above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court: “Equal Justice Under Law.” In a remarkable statement, James Dobson, the fundamentalist, right wing Christian chairman of Focus on the Family, clarified this agenda (quoted in The Washington Post): “The courts majority,” Dobson said, “are unelected and unaccountable and arrogant and imperious and determined to redesign the culture according to their own biases and values, and they’re out of control.” Now that’s pure group shadow speaking!

Answer 4

Unfortunately a lot of other countries slogans are the same................ "Screw America"...............But it sounds different wherever you go. But of course the slogan changes to "Just Send Check, We Love America" when they need money.

Answer 5

freedom is a big deal ask someone who doesnt have it! people have died for it and millions long for it

Answer 6

If you had ever served your country you would know that they are a lot more than taglines ...........