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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Consequences are not the same thing as not having the freedom. You do not have the freedom from consequences, but you can say what you want. There is the burden of responsibility and consequences with any freedom.
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But the problem with this is that you could say that for just about anything. "Your right is not being infringed; you're just suffering a consequence of using it." So if a law is passed tomorrow outlawing gun ownership, can we just say that you still have the right to bear arms, but the consequence of exercising that right is having them promptly removed and melted down into dog bowls?
I know, bad illustration....but do you see the problem with that?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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