From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 19:15:39 MDT
On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 10:24:22AM -0700, Ramez Naam wrote:
> Sure, as a member of a modern society there are freedoms I give up,
> but the freedoms I gain more than compensate.
There's negative liberty -- freedom from constraints imposed by other people
-- and positive liberty -- what you can actually do. To maximize negative
liberty avoid other people or be a tyrant. No, just avoid people -- tyrants
have constraints if they want to stay a tyrant. But there are a lot of things
you can do in a Western society you can't do off in the wilderness.
-xx- Damien X-)
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