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Our Guns, and How We've Used Them
America as a country is one built on freedom. The ideals of equality, fairness, and full autonomy of an individual. I can easily argue that the only thing that has changed since our country's inception, is who gets to be an individual.
By Alex Brown4 years ago in The Swamp
When Guns Kills More Than Kinder Eggs
How are the United States of America even considered united? Can anyone explain that to me? My cousins on my dad’s side lived in Pennsylvania when I was younger, and I remember driving with my parents down from Toronto to visit them every couple years.
By Oneg In The Arctic4 years ago in The Swamp
Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Know About the Father of Bengal Renaissance
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Jayanti (Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy): Highlights Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22nd May 1774. He was a great social reformer. He founded Brahmo Samaj. He abolished Sati pratha, child marriage, polygamy and many more evil practices. He is known as the ‘Father of Bengal Renaissance’. He knew several languages.He contributed to Indian literature a lot. He passed away on 27 September 1883. Spiritualism is the only way bringing equality and peace worldwide eradicating all evil practices.
By SA News Channel4 years ago in The Swamp
The complexities of freedom
Freedom is a strong word with a powerful meaning.Sometimes people say you don’t know what you have until its gone.This can relate to freedom because we sometimes don’t know the liberties we have until there gone and we don’t have them no more.Freedom isn’t just a action word of being able to do something with your own free will or making your own choice’s.Freedom is also a state of mind.Freedom is a structure of conscience of keeping your mind free.Free from doubt or free from worry.Our freedom enable’s us to live our daily live’s without wondering about our safety,shelter or our general well being.Freedom is known to having the ability of acting or changing without constraints or possessing the power and resources enabling or allowing a person to fullfill a purpose.There are eight different types of freedom.There is freedom of association,freedom of belief,freedom of speech,freedom to choose one’s state in life,freedom of religion or belief,and freedom from bondage and slavery.Now that I named the eight types of freedom im going to discuss the four basic type’s of freedom which is frredom of speech,freedom of worship or belief freedom from want and freedom from fear.Freedom of speech is the most important type of freedom.You can voice your opinion or thoughts on how you feel or what you might think about different things in the world or around you.Freedom of speech enable’s us to speak freely without the fear of punishment or consequences.Next is freedom of worship.This type of freedom is important because it allows you to worship or express reverence or adoration to a dietary that is representing a function or form of morality and belief.Thrue this it may give people hope and belief in something that is morethen what is or what seem’s to be.Freedom from want is the third most important,because when you want something it can control you thrue the action’s of getting what it is that you want or desire.Our mind is in a perplexual state of conscience,freedom from want is not being tied down by outside influences,or the state of want from within.A example of this is,let’s say you want a car your always going to feel that weight over you or let’s say that you are suffering from a addiction you are going to want what it is that you are addicted to this can be drugs,alcohol or whatever you are addicted to.This can leave you with a want that you are addicted to.And it is a right and a freedom to be free from want.Freedom from fear is the fourth most important freedom but not the least in measureability,Because when you fear something your mind isn’t free it is tangled in opposition.Freedom from fear is the right that you do not have to live with a cloud of doubt or worry,.Freedom from fear is the right that gives people the right not to worry rather it be the fear of the government ,political officials,law officers or people that live in the town or city that you stay in.This freedom was first introduced by President Roosevelt in 1941 along with the other three basic freedom’s.Now that I named the eight type’s of freedom and went over the four basic but important type’s of freedom.I want to talk about the two element’s of freedom which is positive and negative freedom.Positive and negative freedom was first stated by a philosopher and historian named Isaih Berlin in a lecture.He stated that positive freedom is the will to act in society’s context with guidline’s setting limitation’s with power and resource’s.This means that you can have the power and resources to do what you want as long as you don’t break the law.Negative freedom is acting without external restraints.This means that a person can have the power and resource’s to do what they want but can abuse the power and resource’s without outside force’s putting a limitation on their action’s.You can see a lot of negative freedom from law enforcement officer’s politician’s and even political leader’s,who sometime’s will act with negative freedom because they don’t have external restaints or limitations that can hold them accountable for their action’s.Freedom is not something you tax or have to pay for.Freedom is a natural right given to everyone granted you haven’t broke the law and is sitting in jail or prison.In some area’s or different country’s the government is more strict.When the government is lead by a official who dictate’s freedom on their own accord or belief they become a tyrant and can often abuse thiere power as ruler and oppress people.That is why freedom and rights are important.
By Jovan Taylor4 years ago in The Swamp
Freedom Means Responsibility
Widely traveled, I say with certainty there is no better place to live than the United States (in my humble opinion). Americans have freedom to travel across the country and outside of it, at will. The pandemic over the last two years has placed some restrictions on the American people we are not used to; however, we're not oppressed nor experiencing the destruction of homes, schools, hospitals, churches, and apartment complexes. We don't have soldiers rampaging towns, raping, murdering, and committing genocide, as the Ukrainians currently are at the hands of the Russians. We can't imagine explosive mines on our streets, yet the Russians have mined the cities of Ukraine as they exit. Obviously, Putin is committing war crimes, and just like the Nuremberg trials so many years ago, those guilty should be found and tried.
By Andrea Corwin 4 years ago in The Swamp
Update on Ukrainian Boutique Owner Who Left Her Country for Safety
Bridal Shop Owner Seeking Donations for Ukrainian Refugees Last week, I received an email from the shop where I bought my wedding dress in 2020. The shop owner lives in Odessa, Ukraine. On February 24th, early in the morning, she woke up to the sounds of explosions: Russia had begun its invasion. Her message indicated she left the country for safety.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in The Swamp
Why do we need Political correctness ?
When I passed my philosophy exam half a decade ago, the essay question to answer was: “Is freedom threatened by equality?”. A daunting question for an 18-year-old, and one I never expected to henceforth regularly encounter, regardless of phrasing. In hindsight, the fact that it has should come as no surprise — this question has animated political discourse, in various forms, since the 1790s. The fight over political correctness is just its most recent iteration.
By Adrien Book4 years ago in The Swamp
