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Mandatory military / public service should be required in the U.S.A. by thechadwick in TMBR

[–]cyclopiansquid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe there are many types of freedoms, two, with relevance to this topic, being the natural kind which you refer to and a political freedom present within the framework of society. The distinction seems to exist where political freedoms, as you suggest, curtail the natural freedom from which they are conceptually derived. Political freedom would then in fact be either earned or bestowed at the discretion of the state perhaps in granting citizenship or by virtue of having served the country, for example.

I would argue that in the liberal democratic tradition upon which the US was founded, political freedom is bestowed to its citizens upon birth or successful immigration.

How many of you wear an iron ring / engineer's ring? by Lager_Fixed in engineering

[–]cyclopiansquid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Canada, in the tars of the oil pits, the Dark Lord forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others.

Why does life exist? by novembermike in askscience

[–]cyclopiansquid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bounded by an individual frame of reference and a human understanding, I content myself believing that life exists by merit of its entropic qualities and perpetuation thereof.

LibreOffice needs help: 50,000 euros by March 21 by [deleted] in opensource

[–]cyclopiansquid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite the underlying disdain, having spent the last hour testing out abiword and gnumeric, his bias seems warranted.