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Posted: **5/28/2003, 11:24 am**

Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.

Whose choice?

Posted: **5/28/2003, 11:54 am**

choice is the essence of freedom. the ability to make choices is part of our nature.

Posted: **5/28/2003, 4:02 pm**

"If you choose not to be free you still have made a choice"

Martin Tielli

Posted: **5/28/2003, 5:28 pm**

Clumsyboy wrote:actually we prefer to go by the term Hippy, or maybe Self Rightous Socialist Bastards We've come to take your money you will like it while we're doing it

Posted: **5/28/2003, 10:57 pm**

christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.
Whose choice?

Our own choice.

Posted: **5/29/2003, 11:39 am**

Narbus wrote:
christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote: Nope. We are free by choice.
Whose choice?
Our own choice.

That seems to me to be a contradiction. I see being free as the ability to choose without hindrance by others.

Posted: **5/29/2003, 3:24 pm**

christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
christa lynn wrote: Whose choice?
Our own choice.
That seems to me to be a contradiction. I see being free as the ability to choose without hindrance by others.

"Our" = society. Society chooses how free we are, and since we are part of society, we choose.

See the sig. Ponder the sig. Be the sig.

Posted: **5/29/2003, 4:23 pm**

that's interesting. I refer you to my first post for my view on that.

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