From: den Otter (otter@globalxs.nl)
Date: Wed Aug 13 1997 - 14:01:03 MDT
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> Responding to: EvMick@aol.com
> << Over time, I've learned to value free will over human life. No doubt,
> this is and will remain a controversial statement. >>
>
> Perhaps controversial...but:
>
> "Giver me liberty....or give me DEATH"
>
> "A society which values security over freedom....aquires neither"
>
> Similar statements....no?
>
Um, no...
But how about this:
As long as you're alive there still is hope (that you will someday be free;
the
only constant is, after all, change. Maybe you can *free yourself* from
your
oppressor(s).
Also, being "unfree" doesn't *have* to mean that your live is miserable,
and
not worth living. Just look at kids: hardly any freedom, but quite capable
of having fun. More importantly: you (and the rest of us) are not free
*right now*
(biology, governments, gravity etc). Do you hate your life that much, and
if
the answer is "yes", then why haven't you killed yourself yet? Probably
because
you belief that we can make the future a better place...So, why wouldn't
you
keep this (dynamic) optimism when you actually get to that future?
There's always tomorrow...
DdO
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