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> Illegal cannabis = freedom to live in a place where your children aren't exposed to drugs You're abusing the term "freedom". Freedom is the right to act, not
by dalek_cannes 12y ago
> Illegal cannabis = freedom to live in a place where your children aren't exposed to drugs
You're abusing the term "freedom". Freedom is the right to act, not immunity from the effects of others' actions.
- millstone 12y agoOthers' actions can limit your freedom. When I am forced to do something, I am made less free. Being forced to inhale secondhand cigarette smoke is an example.
- aninhumer 12y ago>Freedom is the right to act, not immunity from the effects of others' actions. What about the freedom to keep slaves? The slaves are "free" to run away, they're just not "immune" from the actions of the slave keeper if they get caught. This is why the term freedom is almost useless. People inevitably mean "the set of freedoms I care about", which will always come at the expense of other freedoms.
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