Rights take away freedom, amirite?

But uppercuts are worse

by Anonymous 11 years ago

What about the freedom to be safe, the freedom to do what the rights are there for?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Please explain to me the freedom to be safe.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Do you have the right to be safe from harm? To walk about and execute your rights? I suppose I should have, there, said "right" instead if "freedom." So basically I agree that rights take away freedoms, but I strongly disagree with the implication that this is a bad thing. Although, are you really, truly free if you don't have the right to safety?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Freedom and safety are two completely different things.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Did I say they were the same thing? No.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well you're saying the freedom to be safe. You're saying you have a freedom to have less freedom because that is essentially what safety is.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I corrected that earlier when I said that it would have been more appropriate if I would have said right instead of freedom. No, I'm saying that if you aren't safe you're not really free because of how influential the dangers are on your decisions. If you're not safe, instincts will drive some of your decisions, resulting in a lack of freedom of choice.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Technically yeah. The right to free speech stops people form legaly forcing you to shut up and go away. It''s like a restriction to other people, rather than the person with the right. But since everyone has rights, everyone is part of 'other people' so everyone is limited by rights.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Freedom removes the relevance of right/wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Do you mean like if I said I have the right to not have my opinion challenged? If so, than yes this can often be the case. Often, but not always.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, but they also give freedom,and that's usually what's important.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Without rights you would have no freedom. You just said something takes away the exact thing it specifically gives.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

A right is telling you what you are able to do thus getting rid of freedom

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Rights are the by-product of freedom. Take away one, you lose the other. However, ones rights don't end where another's freedom begins.

by Anonymous 4 years ago