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pan6467 · 02-13-2004, 11:58 AM

One can be doomed by thier own freedoms if they do not take responsibility for thier actions.

Example:

I have the freedom to free speech and press. I choose to use those to denigrate a certain minority. (Say I print articles and on my radio show only focusing on the evils of the Martian Colonialistic Followers.) Now by my focussing only on the "evils" can bias all my patrons against that minority to the point where that minority starts to rebel. Fights breakout and people refuse to listen to the other side.

It was my freedom to start this. But am I not responsible for the hatred because I only focused on the negatives of that minority and not on the positives? Absolutely. Was I irresponsible and proving hate, even tho I may never have said anything "bad" just focused on the bad? Absolutely. Did I doom a freedom? Yes, because I did not express myself in a responsible way and society then has to regulate what can be said in order to prevent this from happening again.

Had I focussed on both evil and good from that minority and not provoked the hatred there would never be the need for policing of my actions. Therefore my rights would never be infringed upon.

I know it sounds convoluted and it is because I am a warped individual that has a hard time expressing things without being convoluted. But I hope it kinda makes sense.

In the end what I was saying and I am in agreement with you is freedom without responsibility is doomed.

02-13-2004, 11:58 AM	#68 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	One can be doomed by thier own freedoms if they do not take responsibility for thier actions. Example: I have the freedom to free speech and press. I choose to use those to denigrate a certain minority. (Say I print articles and on my radio show only focusing on the evils of the Martian Colonialistic Followers.) Now by my focussing only on the "evils" can bias all my patrons against that minority to the point where that minority starts to rebel. Fights breakout and people refuse to listen to the other side. It was my freedom to start this. But am I not responsible for the hatred because I only focused on the negatives of that minority and not on the positives? Absolutely. Was I irresponsible and proving hate, even tho I may never have said anything "bad" just focused on the bad? Absolutely. Did I doom a freedom? Yes, because I did not express myself in a responsible way and society then has to regulate what can be said in order to prevent this from happening again. Had I focussed on both evil and good from that minority and not provoked the hatred there would never be the need for policing of my actions. Therefore my rights would never be infringed upon. I know it sounds convoluted and it is because I am a warped individual that has a hard time expressing things without being convoluted. But I hope it kinda makes sense. In the end what I was saying and I am in agreement with you is freedom without responsibility is doomed. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"