From: Randall Parker 

In , note these cogitations from
mark{at}hessey.com Mark Hessey:
> I'd wager that many who have been imprisoned over the centuries in attempts
> to stop their ideas from spreading, are/were freer in their jail cells than
> many who took no such stance but kept silent to remain free or avoid
> ridicule and remain on the hypothetical veranda they built around
> themselves.

What one does to oneself within the confines of one's own mind is one's own
business IMO. Whether someone is free within their own mind should not be a
political issue. (though a lot of totalitarians want to break into the
mind)

To speak of freedom in the political realm then one is discussing one's
relationship to others and to the state.

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