Can choice reduce freedom?
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Of course it can.  Here are only a few examples:\n\n1.  Choosing to drink alcohol--You loose the freedom to see the world clearly once you are addicted to alcohol, you become a slave to it\n\n2.  Drugs--You loose the freedom to make your own decision, the drugs control your life\n\n3.  Pornography--Once addicted you lose the freedom to see sexuality as it is meant to be seen and experienced.
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There is no such thing as "too much freedom." The ultimate freedom would be anarchy (where there is no law and we all kill and get killed without being accountable). \n\nNow the more practical answer.  No, we don't.  The fact is that the media only reports one side of the story.  We all have our opinions and others around us are influenced by our opinion.  Our poor have barely any means to become rich.  We are ignorant, and we are too stupid too know we are ignorant.  We have a ban on gay rights. Thus no, we don't have too much freedom.  We don't have freedom enough to be truly free from all bias, all dogma and all insanity.\n\nYet, we are as free as any other "nation" ever has been.  We are the innovators.  We are the geo-political leaders. We have the American Dream.  We have people willing to die to defend FREEDOM.  We have the leaders in all walks of life.  We are, the great, Americans.  We are as fr, if not more, as any civilization should be and and we are damn proud of it.\n\nGod bless America.
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I read this somewhere: Americans love the freedom of choice, but have nothing to choose from.
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Let your authority over yourself never fade, freedom comes from choosing what laws you find appropriate for your life... As we age we learn then we each develop our own personal philosophy's...  life is a smorgasbord of choices, why be limited.   Karma can work with you or against you,  but only if you're not hiding in some religion where you give your will to someone else.
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The ability or freedom to choose the path or direction one will take among a plethora of choices. Can include a single person or a whole nation. Can be the determination to be a thinking person or a free nation.
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Freedom, I think that's the worse thing that can be taken away from a person.
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My religion has been hassled by the government tons of times. We normally win though =]. I don't think that there is such a thing as being truly free.\n\n-Wiccan teen )O(
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It is about choice.  How do people makes choices due to the scarity of resources.
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if a government is smart, it will always provide the illusion that its people are free.  but yes, eventually i think our freedoms will be dwindle down to almost nothing but it will become difficult to point to a concert way in which we are no longer free.  look at the open and loose definitions we currently have in something like the patriot act(yeah there are examples pre-bush, but that the first that comes to mind)\n\ntake a look at the fcc laws for radio, it has limited our freedom of speech in that the am/fm means to deliver ones voice is limited to large corporations or those with enough money, while for the rest of us its illegal to micro-broadcast.\n\nor how about loitering in a dive laws that some states have, in which you can be ticketed for being an area where cops think you don't have a reason to be, they suspect you might be looking for drugs but can't prove it.  it limits our movement to places or distances from our home in a very arbitrary fashion.\n\nso things become, for the safety of the public, you have freedom of speech, but say what you are thinking, cause it might cause a problem.
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Freedom is neither a right nor a privalege.  Freedom is an absolute.\n\nEvery living being has the freedom to do whatever it desires within the limits of its physical being.  One can do whatever they want,  The question is what are the consequences of acting freely?\n\nAs an extreme example one is free to murder if they choose to do so, however there are consequences of acting freely in this way.  There is no such thing as a restraint on our ability to think are act.  There are only consequences once those thoughts or action have occured.
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Personal choice and the FREEDOM of Choice are two different concepts.\nOur nation grants every adult individual the freedom of choice. Personal choice to be born isn't conceptually the same thing. \nIf you try to confuse the two issues, you'll only confuse yourself.
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I do not think it is the freedoms that have weakened our country (assuming it IS weakened).  I believe it is the trend toward intolerance that would be having that affect.\n\nOur greatest strength for over 200 years is that we are all a mishmosh of ideas, nationalities, faiths and opinions.  Our ability to allow for another opinion, even one we disagree with and do everything we can to oppose, has always made us strong. (it is the whole idea of "don't you dare mess with my brother, I CAN, but YOU better not").  We are now getting to the idea that only one way is the right way and to even THINK otherwise is evil.\n\nThis is showing in the lawsuits (where I WILL agree we need laws limiting them - and none too soon).  It is also showing with the whole idea of political correctness, which I see as a limit, not a freedom.  I think if the govt who work for us would just obey the laws that exist, there would once again be examples set for others to follow.  But I for one, do NOT want a bunch of crooks making laws limiting my freedoms.
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Depends on which side you are: if you are a slave to something (e.g.addiction) then it is "from".\nIf you are free, then you have freedom "for": anything, even for getting addicted :)
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there is no such thing as too much freedom. However, there is a such thing as good and bad choices. Freedom was designed to give you the decision to make good things happen for you. becuase who in their right and morale state of mind would honestly want to just do bad things? teens just dont realize how much of the future of the world they are. believe me I am one of the fortunate few teens who knows what true evil is and its name is apathy.
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Freedom of choice  is wonderful thing
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Go enjoy your freedom
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We have the wisdom to choose our life. Anything or Anyone which abducts your freedom and dignity should be avoided at any cost. So dare to quit. Be open to your new employer....