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the opposite of its original and true meaning. You're using the word "true" here in the same sense as others do in phrases like "the one, true god". I'll ste
by pohl 16y ago
the opposite of its original and true meaning.
You're using the word "true" here in the same sense as others do in phrases like "the one, true god". I'll step forward and be the heathen to the absolutist concept you idolize...
But the fact is freedom has a simple and plain meaning
...actually, like many words, it has several. I opened my dictionary and can count seven different nuances in the entry. Here's the one I believe it was used in, and I see no problem accepting the intended semantics:
"(freedom from) the state of not being subject to or affected by (a particular undesirable thing)"
- xenophanes 16y agoI suppose you think that "freedom from freedom[1]" is a type of freedom? [1] This instance of the word "freedom" means "not being restricted or forced"
- pohl 16y agoLook, I'm a fan of freedom in the sense that you wish the word was used in. I just recognize that there are other common meanings to the word, and that if Steve would like to use one of them, he should...how you say...be free to do so. I remember when my son went through a similar phase where he fell in love with the "one, true meaning" of various words, and the endless circular debates I enjoyed coming out of it. Good times. But even he, at a tender young age, learned that your freedoms and my freedoms can come in conflict with each other — that a utopia of everybody being infinitely free was not possible to realize. I believe the common phrase used to resolve such cases is "your freedom to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose". Companies have a right to make design choices, set licensing terms, and decide what to stock in their stores (whether they be real or virtual). If you don't like their choices, you're free not to do business with them. If you don't want companies to have such freedoms, you and I will have to agree to disagree.
- andreyf 16y agoDo you guys realize there are books written about this? http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374158282 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374158282
- jpark 16y agoWe already know how much Steve likes the use of "freedom from"... "We have created for the first time in all history a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory true thoughts." Yes, Steve, save us.