tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post6291087783017840683..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: A shallow identityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-74977213572489229312012-10-07T12:16:13.874+11:002012-10-07T12:16:13.874+11:00Bartholomew, thanks.
(I too think it's an imp...Bartholomew, thanks.<br /><br />(I too think it's an important point.)Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-6978908081471213422012-10-07T04:17:37.259+11:002012-10-07T04:17:37.259+11:00Mr. Richardson wrote,
"if being Korean or Ni...Mr. Richardson wrote,<br /><br /><i>"if being Korean or Nigerian or Danish is part of who we are, then if we are going to be free we have to be free as Koreans or Nigerians or Danes. Otherwise we will experience freedom as a loss, as a diminishing of self rather than as a liberation."</i><br /><br />That struck me as a uniquely incisive and powerful blow against liberalism. Well put.Bartholomewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-7152208039987755132012-10-06T20:31:08.010+10:002012-10-06T20:31:08.010+10:00Individual freedom is limited by biological constr...Individual freedom is limited by biological constraints. Death is an obvious example of a limiting factor on individual freedom, but there are others as well.<br /><br />Say I want to become a woman? How do I do that? Well, I get a sex change, take hormone tablets and get breast implants, have my genitals removed and have a labiaplasty. It still won't make me biologically a woman.<br /><br />Say I want to become... say, a black man. How do I do that? I can't really do it at all. Even if I was to paint my skin dark, or even tattoo it dark all over, I still would not be, in biological terms, a black man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com