What defines freedom for you?

[MuggyWuggy]

I believe freedom allows one to be as ignorant as they please

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

I believe freedom allows one to be as ignorant as they please

I agree with this.

[xStrayKnightx]

For me, freedom is having the right to say and do what I like without fear of offending some minority somewhere else.

If I wanna celebrate Christmas and Easter like a normal Christian guy, then tough luck to the Muslim walking down the street.

[Apathy Reactor]

...Seems a little, what do you call it?  Religionists?

Ignorant?

[Tabooist]

For me, freedom is having the right to say and do what I like without fear of offending some minority somewhere else.

If I wanna celebrate Christmas and Easter like a normal Christian guy, then tough luck to the Muslim walking down the street.

By that logic though, the other fella has every right to be offended.

And that's where everything gets less fun.
His freedoms need to be protected as much as everybody else's. But where's the line? I don't think religion should be accounted for when trying to tally that up. Besides all the extremists out there who insist on taking it too far, I like to think it's possible for everyone to get along and respect the others' decision to practice the religion of their choice. If not, whenever the world ends, and the cycle of life begins anew, maybe they'll have the sense to practice a universal, or at least global, religion.

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

To me personally, Freedom truly lets me say whatever the hell I want without punishment, and lets me be mad when someone trash talks me. To an extent.

[xStrayKnightx]

I don't know how it is in other countries, but our kids aren't allowed to celebrate Christmas or Easter in schools due to minorities. Yet our politicians say we live in a free country.

The freedom we fought to establish and protect has been malformed into a twisted state of BS.

[Apathy Reactor]

I don't know how it is in other countries, but our kids aren't allowed to celebrate Christmas or Easter in schools due to minorities. Yet our politicians say we live in a free country.

The freedom we fought to establish and protect has been malformed into a twisted state of BS.

Honestly, celebrating all religious holidays sounds like a better solution then not allowing people to celebrate certain ones. Just imagine if you had a day off for every Jewish holiday.

[xStrayKnightx]

As an Aussie who loves public holidays, I fully support that notion.

[Tabooist]

I think we've all established that freedom=good times.

But how does one enforce said freedom, if at all? Is everybody guaranteed protection? Is one group allowed to express their freedoms een if it's detrimental to another? I'm genuinely curious what everyone thinks.