John Cowan wrote: > When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights announces that all human > beings are born free and equal, the first adjective does not mean that > their services are available without charge.
No, it means that they are born unencumbered. If your point is there are many definitions of the word 'free', gee, I hadn't thought of that. If you pursue it to say people constantly try to bend words like 'freedom', 'equality' and 'rights' to their own purposes, ok, what's your point? What I don't like - which occasionally rouses me from my slumber - are the Word Police who claim their definition of a common word like 'free' is the only correct one. Free as in free and equal. Free as in free lunch. Free as in free beer. Free as in free prize. Free as in free-for-all. Free as in set free. Free as in free to go. Free as in Free Press. Free as in unrestricted. Free as in disease-free. Free as in tax-free. Free as in free translation. Free as in free locker. Free as in free time. Free as in freeway. Free as in free lane. Free as in free with money. Free as in making free with my name. Free as in free radical. Free as in free energy level. Free as in fancy-free. Free as in free choice. Free as in free wind. Free as in free end of a rope. Free as in Freedom is Slavery. Free is in the right to get source to all software and modify it at will. More definitions always welcome. Bob ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/2U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rng-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
