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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by bckygldstn on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:36PM (#28505232)
Are there any freedoms fought over in America that truly do no harm to others? Most discussions revolve around tradeoffs between harm and benefit.

It seems like "as long as I don't harm others" means "I consider the small harm to others worthwhile for the benefits". And "regardless of harm to others" is using the same approach to come to a conclusion you disagree with.

There's a lot of different ways to approach freedom, but I don't think "I don't care about others" and "I would never inconvenience others" is an accurate binary taxonomy.

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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by shkkmo on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:49PM (#28506671)
> Are there any freedoms fought over in America that truly do no harm to others?

One that comes to mind is gay marriage.

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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by wpietri on Sunday September 12, 2021 @11:40PM (#28507646)
For sure. And there are plenty more. Freedom to vote, freedom of religious belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of movement, freedom of thought. And then a bunch of freedom from. Freedom from slavery, from torture, from violence, from workplace exploitation, from domestic abuse.
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