Freedom is a natural right of every human

Every human in every country has the right to freedom. I dont care if they are male of female or 1 year old or 100 years old. Nobody is born and says, "yes, when I grow up, I want to be a slave and have no rights"

Freedom is the natural goal of humans because humans enjoy freedom of thought. Unfortunatly, in todays world, this natural right of freedom is slowly being taken away. Through television and the media, they have turned us into a nation of sleep walking consumer zombies.

There is no such thing as democracy anymore. Any one who dares stand up for their rights will know the hard way what happened to democracy.

With knowledge comes freedom and freedom comes with responsibilities. We have to take responsibilty for governing ourselves if we are to be free from government. It is not the government's "job" to inform us And it is NOT the government's "job" to teach our children, unless we want our children taught what the government wants them to think.

To summarize let me say, think for yourself. Dont let someone else tell you what to think. You have the freedom to choose how to live your life.

Dont let the government take your freedoms away.

So, unless I'm misunderstanding you, the only way to be really free is to be totally free of government? I know that this is cutting it close on the 'one line posting' rule, but I wanted to confirm my understanding before commenting further.

Lacking a clarifying response from the O.P., I'll clamber into my flame-proof suit (asbestos free, of course), and toss out a reply based on what I think I read.

At risk of being branded a Fascist (or worse), I will contend that there is no such thing as a 'natural right', unless it's the 'right' of the powerful to dominate the weak. In a society totally 'free' of government, there are no 'free' people. The weak are victimized by the strong, and the strong live in fear of someone stronger. Doesn't that sound like FUN?

Wait one...I could blather on at length, but it just crossed my mind that somebody who was much wiser than I, and much more literate, already said what I'm trying to say.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.


There we go.
The purpose of government is not to *take away* freedom, but to safeguard it. We can (and probably will!) debate or flat-out argue about whether a *particular* government does a good job of that, but the fact is that some form of government is needed, if for no other reason than to protect people from the incredible disaster of unfettered democracy.

I think we could also have a long and colorful discussion about when and if a government crosses the line and becomes a despotic object that the people have a right and a duty to replace...but until human nature changes well beyond the point of being human, to say that we can only be free by being free of government is to argue the rather hopeless case for anarchy.

[edit on 17-5-2007 by Brother Stormhammer]