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   Hello, Lee Lofaso.   
   On 6/3/20 10:10 PM you wrote:   
      
    LL> Hello Charles,   
      
    LL> "The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty." ~    
    LL> Abraham Lincoln What is liberty? What is your definition? Do you    
    LL> even have a definition? Or even an idea of what liberty is, or    
    LL> might be? Is liberty the right to do something that you ought to    
    LL> do? Is liberty the right to do what one deserves, with    
    LL> restrictions? Is liberty something else altogether?   
      
   That's a very good question.   
   From Oxford Languages:   
   noun:ÿliberty   
      
   1.   
      
   the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by   
   authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.   
      
   This, I think is a good start.   
   Along with that definition, I would add that "free from oppressive   
   restrictions" in society is not the same as free to do whatever you want. You   
   can't kill someone just because.  Neither would me walking up to you and   
   punching you in the face be an example of liberty.   
   Liberty of behavior, which those examples above are not, would be, for example   
   the often used example here in the USA of the bakers who declined to make a   
   wedding cake for a homosexual couple because their religious views didn't   
   agree with the homosexual lifestyle. Another example of liberty of behavior   
   would be for those who disagree with the bakers to boycott the bakers shop and   
   give their business elsewhere to someone who doesn't hold that view.   
   For that matter, being able to have a relationship with whomever you wish,   
   regardless of gender or ethnic background without government denying you such   
   pursuit is liberty.   
      
   Does this adequately answer your question?   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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