What does freedom really mean ?

by Riverotter Preppers on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 12:13am ·
Free·dom
   [free-duhm]  Show IPA
noun
1.
the state of being free  or at liberty rather than inconfinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
2.
exemption from external control, interference, regulation,etc.
3.
the power to determine action without restraint.
4.
political or national independence.
5.
personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
  • Synonyms 1. Freedom, independence, liberty  refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one's rights and powers. Freedom  emphasizes the opportunity given for the exercise of one's rights,  powers, desires, or the like: freedom ofspeech or conscience; freedom of movement. Independence  implies not  only lack of restrictions but also the ability to stand alone,unsustained by anything else: Independence of thought  promotes invention and discovery. Liberty,  though most often inter changed with freedom,  is also used to imply  undue exercise of freedom: He took liberties with the text. 9.  openness, ingenuousness. 12. license. 16.  run.        This gives us an understanding of the meaning of the word but what does it realy mean to me ? I have herd all my life that we live in a free country and from my life experience the definition is a little diferent than my experience at times I have felt that we live in a soft police state where as long as you didn't get caught or entraped exercizing too much thought or actions beyond the sanctioning of your station in life you were ok .Don't ask too many questions don't be in the wrong place at the wrong time ,keep moveing,do what your told,don't call it this any more ,don't associate with this one keep your head down. well the soft police state is turning into full blown tyrany .A timely article was brought to our attention I urge everyone to read it in its entirty . Then please read again the definition of freedom and tell me what you think freedom is to you.http://gulagbound.com/25516/obama-and-his-syndicate-some-good-obama-eligibility-hearing-and-some-chillingly-bad-news/
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