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posted by [personal profile] benlehman at 02:43pm on 02/08/2005
Freedom


  1. The condition of being free of restraints.
  2. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression.

    1. 1. Political independence.
    2. 2. Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty: freedom of assembly.

  4. Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition: freedom from want.
  5. The capacity to exercise choice; free will: We have the freedom to do as we please all afternoon.
  6. Ease or facility of movement: loose sports clothing, giving the wearer freedom.
  7. Frankness or boldness; lack of modesty or reserve: the new freedom in movies and novels.


    1. The right to unrestricted use; full access: was given the freedom of their research facilities.
    2. The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship: the freedom of the city.


  9. A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference: “the seductive freedoms and excesses of the picaresque form”
  10. Nothing left to lose.


Freedom™

  1. George Bush
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posted by [identity profile] chgriffen.livejournal.com at 08:02pm on 02/08/2005
Wonderful.

I wrote my Master's Thesis on Freedom/Liberty (in German Enlightenment philosophy, mind you), and I frequently get irritated with the abuse of the concept.
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posted by [personal profile] evilmagnus at 08:31pm on 02/08/2005
I think you'll find that the Republican definition of Freedom is right there, in 8(2):

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2. The right of enjoying all of the privileges(*) of membership or citizenship: the freedom of the city.

* privileges may be changed at any time. See your current Citizenship Agreement for more details.



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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 09:47pm on 02/08/2005
What does Iraqi Freedom™ mean, then? I mean, we can't exactly export freedom of that definition.

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--Ben
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posted by [personal profile] evilmagnus at 10:19pm on 02/08/2005
Iraqi Freedom™ is from our special Value Freedom™ line of Sovereignty offerings, where we give you ten of our most popular Freedom™s for a trial period - either the duration of American occupation of your country, or until the puppet regime of our choosing implodes in a hail of nepotism and bullets - whichever comes first.

Warning! Continued use of your Value Freedom™ package after your occupation period ends represents a violation of your End Use Agreement, and may result in trade sanctions and/or random bombing of your country.
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posted by [identity profile] clockwise.livejournal.com at 09:56pm on 02/08/2005
** unless we decide to declare you an Enemy Combatant(tm), in which case all privileges are suspended indefintately
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posted by [personal profile] evilmagnus at 10:21pm on 02/08/2005
We regret that members of our Enemy Combatant Membership Rewards™ program are not eligible for Freedom™ products at this time.
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