I feel that it isn't fair that someone can tell another person what they can or can't do (Besides the government/president/high authorities). It's their decision to tell themselves what they can and can't do. It's their life, not someone elses. I always take this stance, and if something isn't right or someone is bossing me around I say "You can't tell me what to do."

 

 

 

What are your thoughts on this? Discuss.

So you like anarchy better? I'd like to see that... World would get a mess if everyone could do what they want and get away with it. That's why we agreed that there are limitations to freedom.

I'm not sure what context you're putting into this.

 

 

 

Do you mean just a random person walk up to you and say you can't do so and so? Or are you talking about parrents.

So you like anarchy better? I'd like to see that... World would get a mess if everyone could do what they want and get away with it. That's why we agreed that there are limitations to freedom.

 

 

 

read it again, i dont believe thats what hes getting at.

I'm not sure what context you're putting into this.

 

 

 

Do you mean just a random person walk up to you and say you can't do so and so? Or are you talking about parrents.

 

 

 

Yes, and generally everyone in your society. School mates, parents, siblings, friends, etc.

Coughteenagersyndromcough

Coughteenagersyndromcough

 

 

 

I'm not a teenager and I'm sure some other people reading this aren't either

 

 

 

I wouldn't care what my age was anyway, it is me, in general

you cant post messages like this :boohoo:

 

naah.. jk. i think that these people sorta help the world go round.. otherwise its like ppl killin eachother

 

 

 

if you mean something thats leagal, then they are just moist slappas who cant do it themselfs :-#

I'm not sure what context you're putting into this.

 

 

 

Do you mean just a random person walk up to you and say you can't do so and so? Or are you talking about parrents.

 

 

 

Yes, and generally everyone in your society. School mates, parents, siblings, friends, etc.

 

 

 

Your parrents have a right to tell you what you can and can not do. Most likely they know better than you.

 

 

 

As far as siblings sometimes it is best to listen to them, especialy an older one.

 

 

 

 

 

As far as friends and school mates you don't need to, know, but consider what they are saying. The fact is if someone is telling you not to do something you should probaly think about what you are doing.

I don't mean illegal stuff orelse people would be yelling at the police :P

I don't mean illegal stuff orelse people would be yelling at the police :P

 

 

 

Doesn't need to be illegal to be something you probaly shouldn't do.

Ideally we could go by this saying, but in every society we have people that would abuse complete freedom. And some people just can't function without being told what to do. While a lot of people would love this type of a life, it doesn't work for everyone. The majority of people just don't have good enough judgment to handle that kind of freedom/responsibility.

ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅWhen others demand that we become the people they want us to be, they force us to destroy the person we really are. It's a subtle kind of murder. The most loving parents and relatives commit with a smile on there face" - Jim Morrison

J.S. Mill gives a nice example of telling someone and when that telling infringes upon liberty.

 

 

 

If either a public officer or any one else saw a person attempting to cross a bridge which had been ascertained to be unsafe, and there were no time to warn him of his danger, they might seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement of his liberty; for liberty consists in doing what one desires, and he does not desire to fall into the river. Nevertheless, when there is not a certainty, but only a danger of mischief, no one but the person himself can judge of the sufficiency of the motive which may prompt him to incur the risk: in this case, therefore, (unless he is a child, or delirious, or in some state of excitement or absorption incompatible with the full use of the reflecting faculty) he ought, I conceive, to be only warned of the danger; not forcibly prevented from exposing himself to it.

You're not the boss of me!

Floss regularly! Floss meaningfully! Floss athletically! And above all, never forget: who is the Boss of you? Me! I am the Boss of you!

You're not the boss of me!

 

 

 

I'm with you on that

Floss regularly! Floss meaningfully! Floss athletically! And above all, never forget: who is the Boss of you? Me! I am the Boss of you!

 

Thanks for that, Zork!

sooo...erm...what does that leave then?

 

 

 

you're ruling out government, authorities..so are you talking about your peers?

 

 

 

since when do you peers tell you what to do? (in an orderish fashion)

I'm not sure what context you're putting into this.

 

 

 

Do you mean just a random person walk up to you and say you can't do so and so? Or are you talking about parrents.

 

Yes, and generally everyone in your society. School mates, parents, siblings, friends, etc.

 

Your parrents have a right to tell you what you can and can not do. Most likely they know better than you.

 

As far as siblings sometimes it is best to listen to them, especialy an older one.

 

As far as friends and school mates you don't need to, know, but consider what they are saying. The fact is if someone is telling you not to do something you should probaly think about what you are doing.

 

 

 

He's right, an example, My mother was ironing a shirt for my dad, she had to leave for a phone call and said, "You can't touch the iron." Well she left, my sister (1.5 years younger) touched it, I didn't. Guess who had the burnt hand? SO I think it pays.

 

 

 

Or in a video game, "you can't open that door." And guess what, you can't open the door. People generally have your best intention's at heart, its just that you remember those who wronged you.

Coughteenagersyndromcough

 

 

 

I'm not a teenager and I'm sure some other people reading this aren't either

 

 

 

I wouldn't care what my age was anyway, it is me, in general

 

 

 

so you're 12?

What are your thoughts on this? Discuss.

 

 

 

I'll join everyone else who posted in this thread in saying that I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about. Parents? Peers? Are they telling you to do your homework? Give them your lunch money? Shoot up heroin?

 

 

 

For me, there are two types of imperatives: suggestions and threats. People have every right to give you suggestions, and you have every right to refuse them. Depending on the specific situation, people may or may not have the right to threaten you, and at that point you have the ability to weigh the potential negative consequences of inaction with your desire to comply with the imperative. There's no need to be rude about it unless people are continually hasseling you with commands to do things you don't want to do.

 

 

 

So, yes. That's how I feel. About this.

I'm a pretty libertarian dude, so my attitude is "If you're not hurting anyone else, you're fine". Of course theres limits and exceptions, but its all based off what I think is right or too far.

Coughteenagersyndromcough

 

 

 

I'm not a teenager and I'm sure some other people reading this aren't either

 

 

 

I wouldn't care what my age was anyway, it is me, in general

 

 

 

so you're 12?

 

 

 

No, that's me who's twelve. Blue is 11, I'm pretty sure.

 

 

 

 

 

For your topic in general: Most people have your best interests at heart, and if their intention stays pure, it's not really a bad thing, even if it ends up hurting you, if their purely and wholeheartedly had your best intentions as their intentions, I find nothing wrong with that. For every screw up they make, there are a million other things that they will have been right about. I'm not sure 'who' you are talking about, but that can be applied to your peers and parents and siblings alike. All that you need to do is ask yourself, "Do these people really care about me?" and you have your answer of whether you should listen to them when they tell you what you should and shouldn't do. Just my two cents on the matter.

some "telling us what we can't do" is needed in society.