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How is this double speak? If every state in the US had its own standard for gas pumps, and everyone traveling had to maintain a collection of nozzle adapters i
by shasta 16y ago
How is this double speak? If every state in the US had its own standard for gas pumps, and everyone traveling had to maintain a collection of nozzle adapters in their trunk, that would impede freedom of travel. Fragmentation and non-standards hurt freedom under its ordinary meaning.
- jamesbritt 16y ago" ... that would impede freedom of travel. " No, it would impede ease or convenience of travel. Not freedom.
- mikedouglas 16y agoOED, 2nd Ed. freedom, n. 8. Of action, activity, etc.: Ease, facility, absence of encumbrance. You may have political beliefs about the utility of positive liberty, but that doesn't mean he's misusing the word.
- mbreese 16y agoTrue, that is a definition. However, I think that in this circumstance we can all agree that freedom is a loaded word.
- protomyth 16y agoWord are only "loaded" when we try to use a clearly defined word as a label for some movement or political soundbite. Freedom has a very simple meaning that has been appropriated by different groups as a not-so-accurate label for their activities.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"You may have political beliefs about the utility of positive liberty, ..." Ah; this is ideological for you.
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