When you wish you had a crys­tal ball, or not.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This post is the eighth of a series of fif­teen posts about free­dom during the COVID-19 cri­sis. These posts must be read in order, star­ting with the 6th post would make abso­lu­te­ly no sense to the rea­der. Enjoy rea­ding and above all, enjoy reflecting.

I think we need to give ano­ther example of free­dom before we link it to the cur­rent cri­sis. For example, eve­ry wee­kend, my neigh­bours, (the same as in yesterday’s example) use motor vehicles with an accep­table deci­bel level, but which still gene­rate a back­ground noise that is lou­der than the sound of nature in our neigh­bou­rhood. Could I argue that they’re inter­rup­ting my free­dom? Well, no. I have to agree to give them this free­dom so that I can take it back to do my sport eve­ry day. In the same way that if a vehicle is par­ked in the public road, right in front of my bas­ket­ball net, I must accept it in exchange for the free­dom I grant myself to do my sport on the public road. But what if this vehicle was my neighbour’s and they deli­be­ra­te­ly par­ked it there to take away my free­dom? In this case, your neigh­bour would be guil­ty of serious social negli­gence and would risk having their right to free­dom revo­ked for deli­be­ra­te­ly taking it away from others.

Note that the word in bold evokes a pre­me­di­ta­ted inten­tion that wouldn’t be accep­table in a free society.

To be conti­nued tomorrow…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on May 15, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny