Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00124)

At 07:28 PM 4/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>Of course anyone can see differences when comparing two such examples.  I do
>not sugget that there is no difference between the two.  I simply suggest
>that you need to spend some time contemplating what "FREEDOM" really is before
>you can make such statement.
>
>John
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>John Vorstermans
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>But John, those were the two countries Liesel Deutsch was referring to when
she said she felt free in America, Your reply, as I recall was that if she
thought about it she'd see there wasn't much difference between the two. So
then I didn't bring my comparison up from out in left field. Sure America is
far from perfect, I spend a great deal of time and energy raising hell about
that distance. Sure there are countries in the world that are more
Democratic than America, although I do not confuse Democracy and Freedom.
But there are places that, in fact, are more free than America. But, by and
large, America is a pretty free place. There are a really large numbers of
places that are very much less free, and some places that are infinitely
less free. I have spent much of the last 40 years contemplating the meaning
of "Freedom", and I think I have a very good idea what it means. The
"Militias" and "The Freemen" talk about freedom too, but what they mean is
hostile anarchy, and in that situation no one is free.

Alexis Dolgorukii