Freedom Is Being Contented: Freedom (Part 6)

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We all desire to be free, even if we don’t think about it much.  We are born free, even when born in a despotic or dysfunctional society.  Freedom is a given.  It is a gift.  It is what actually defines us as human beings.  However, freedom can be taken from us, either by force or insidiously through coercion and manipulation – big words that mean we can be tricked into giving up our natural born freedoms.

I have always questioned the authenticity and practicality of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Not that I disagree with having something in place to protect us from government overreach, but I question how “rights” and “freedoms” can be included in a single document.  If we are born free, how it is that we need rights?  Could it be that we are tricked into believing the God-given freedoms granted us at birth are protected when exchanged for government- or man-given rights?

Animals have decision making powers, but they are limited in keeping with how they were created or programmed.  Blue Jays are free to do what they want, but only within the limited realm of being a Blue Jay.  Humans are the only beings that are free to choose within a moral framework that allows them to do good or evil.  This is not to say a cat cannot do evil; it does not know better, which is not true of human beings.
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