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Line 1: − free·dom (frē'dəm) n. + − 1. The condition of being free of restraints. − 2. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression. − 3. A. Political independence. − B. Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty: freedom of assembly. − C. The right to unrestricted use; full access: was given the freedom of their research facilities. − D. The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship: the freedom of the city. − 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. − 8. − A. The right to unrestricted use; full access: was given the freedom of their research facilities. − B. 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" (John W. Aldridge). + + − [Middle English fredom, from Old English frēodōm : frēo, free; see free + -dōm, -dom.]+ − − Synonyms: These nouns refer to the power to act, speak, or think without externally imposed restraints. Freedom is the most general term: "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free" (Abraham Lincoln). − Liberty stresses the power of free choice: "liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases" (William Hazlitt). − License sometimes denotes deliberate deviation from normally applicable rules or practices to achieve a desired effect: poetic license. − Frequently, though, it denotes undue freedom: "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break . . . the rules of decorum" (Edmund Burke). − − - ''American Heritage Dictionary − ''
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In wikipedia, the notion of freedom has caused some controversy. This is largely because notions of freedom are often protected by forms of restriction which are themselves anti-freedom in their exercise. The restrictions are usually set in place to protect some people's freedoms from other people who think that acting freely allows them to do 'whatever the hell they like'. In fact, some freedoms need to be restricted, such as the freedom to kill other free people or the freedom to spread racist or communist propoganda. Restricting some freedom is more controversial than restricting other freedom. Whilst the bible (and other religious, philosphical and fictional text) clearly suggests that restricting the freedom to kill is a 'no brainer' - it is not so clear that restricting the freedom to burn a flag is similarly forbidden. Over such matters are wars started. War (while we are on the subject) in which the freedom to kill is reinstated (probably by God) is often perpetrated in order to allow a righteous army to kill shepherds who may one day threaten their lands with homicide attacks.
Whatever its inherent difficulties, 'Freedom' is very clearly associated with the very foundation of the United States of AMerica and most of its populace would agree with the very famous philosopher who said:
"we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."
In the anti-Christian Star Trek universe Freedom is a worship word spoken by the Yangs. The Yangs say you shall not speak the worship word because it will make Cloud Williams very angry. Cloud Williams makes peace with the Kohms who are godless communists and shepherds. This should have made Captain Kirk very angry but it didn't he seemed find with it. This is because Jean Roddenberry was a hollywood liberal communist. This is how liberal myth are spread in the media to kids who are impressionable.