By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- In some countries brewing and consuming alcohol is legal. There are those who misuse this freedom by consuming excess of alcohol on daily basis leading to health problems as well as failure to attend work due to drunkardness.
- Any attempt to curtail the amount they drink will not be warmly received by them as they will see you as a threat to their freedom forgetting that once they become addict it will cost them a lot and at times be unsustainable.
- Humans have freedom to bear kids. They own those kids but cannot kill them and go unpunished if it is ascertained that they have done it.
Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school ………… Margaret Thatcher.
Everyone who is sane worldwide can attest that he needs freedom but few of them will tell you how they are prepared to deal with the excesses associated with that freedom.
At basic and secondary schools where it is mandatory for the students to wear uniform some will claim that they want more freedom to wear non uniform cloths forgetting that uniform is a standard aimed at promoting equity among them in fact some would be less confident if there was no such a regulation resulting to poor performance while others would promote unethical dressing style in the institution disrupting attention of fellow students whenever they interact. The sense of belonging would also not be enhanced as there will be little common denominators among the students.
In some countries brewing and consuming alcohol is legal. There are those who misuse this freedom by consuming excess of alcohol on daily basis leading to health problems as well as failure to attend work due to drunkardness. Any attempt to curtail the amount they drink will not be warmly received by them as they will see you as a threat to their freedom forgetting that once they become addict it will cost them a lot and at times be unsustainable.
Humans have freedom to bear kids. They own those kids but cannot kill them and go unpunished if it is ascertained that they have done it. Their freedom of how to treat these kids is curtailed by the laws of the land. If they were given absolute freedom over the lives of those kids cases of enslavement and killing as a hobby could be experienced hence violation of basic human rights.
People have freedom to interact but not all people are prepared to treat those they interact with in a humane manner. Had there been set no regulations of what to do and what not to do with other people the strong and wise could have taken advantage of other reducing their chances of survival by feeding on them, over working them, beating them and all kids of mistreatment hence for peaceful coexistence some boundaries have been set guiding how people relate.
Men are curious beings, they are literary in charge of the rest of creatures but cannot consume all of them as there will be repercussions some of which will not be favourable to them for example much as one can feed on almost whatever he want there is extent of the amount one can be able to eat at any given time.
Not every substance is edible by human beings you find wood plants not edible so much as they are available man cannot cut and eat them, the same thing with metals he cannot eat copper or silver so naturally there are limits he cannot exceed despite not having a law that forbids him from taking these actions.
Never blame those who set up certain regulations unless you fully understand the reasons that made them enact those regulations as in some situations it would be intolerable if no such rules were put in place.
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