tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post8537330060309667305..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Freedom is...?A K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-74314191194086978752016-12-07T15:45:30.365+00:002016-12-07T15:45:30.365+00:00Sam - I'm not sure either, but language seems ...Sam - I'm not sure either, but language seems to have the potential to be creative even when based on what has previously been said. <br /><br />To my mind this creativity is where much of our freedom is to be found, but it is optional and easily constrained. I'm sure that's partly why we put such a high value on fine writing and poetry. The words are all familiar but sometimes something is created which wasn't quite there before and a light goes on which cannot easily be extinguished. From that point we imitate, but we have made progress. <br /><br />Creativity and freedom seem to be linked, which is why the false creativity of Damien Hirst is so appalling.<br /><br />James - yes and without free speech we are stuffed.<br /><br />Sackers - I'll bookmark that and read it.<br /><br />Demetrius - commit it to memory and hope for more relaxed times. <br /><br /><br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-31873890145199595222016-12-07T08:53:41.038+00:002016-12-07T08:53:41.038+00:00My old joke book now has all the pages ripped out....My old joke book now has all the pages ripped out.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-38300925258123508422016-12-07T06:50:34.381+00:002016-12-07T06:50:34.381+00:00Agree with your nuanced approach, AK. Had a go at ...Agree with your nuanced approach, AK. Had a go at it myself a while back:<br /><br />http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/three-levels-of-freedom.htmlSackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-86680710597662248322016-12-06T22:35:44.259+00:002016-12-06T22:35:44.259+00:00Suppression of free speech - like Merkel watching ...Suppression of free speech - like Merkel watching FB for any sign of Islamophobia as a result of the rape and murder.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67175993209245122002016-12-06T21:45:38.886+00:002016-12-06T21:45:38.886+00:00I'm not sure I get the main point here. If al...I'm not sure I get the main point here. If all we do is somehow constrained by what we did before, then surely this would apply to free speech as well. If what you are claiming is true, then when was speech ever really free? In the past we might not have been censored as effectively, but how many of us had anything new to say?Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com