In a world with an increasing number of people and increasing interconnectedness via communications and resource acquisition and disposal, it's increasingly difficult to not affect other people.
An example is when I throw trash away it affects the entire community. When I drive, the exhaust affects a world community. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the greatest polluters and by working for them I am participant in that crime. Science has further helped blur the lines between my personal freedom and a violation of yours by discovering the relationships of these connections. We know it's the carbon dioxide and methane content in the atmosphere that's causing the world to warm. We know that when we pour our motor oil into the ground it can find its way to a water supply and pollute it.
In our quest for knowledge we have undermined a simple truth, that my freedom ends where your nose begins.
> Mer. - 12/14/2006 10:26:00 AM
my nose equals freedom.
Itchy_turd - 12/17/2006 08:41:00 AM
Unfortunately the law of 'Might Makes Right' modifies stated truth to "My freedom ends where your nose begins, but if you don't back up I'll break it."
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