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Title: Liberty vs Liberacy Post by: gadman2 on October 07, 2013, 10:03:31 AM Break down the words as far as possible and cite any reason for difference if there even is difference.
Title: Re: Liberty vs Liberacy Post by: Foxpup on October 07, 2013, 02:22:55 PM Liberty, broadly speaking, is the freedom to do as one pleases so long as one doesn't violate anyone else's right to do likewise.
Liberacy, as I understand it (which is not very well, as the term is so infrequently used as to not have a clear definition), is a system of government more commonly known as a night-watchman state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-watchman_state), in which the government's sole function is to provide police and military protection and arbitrate disputes. Title: Re: Liberty vs Liberacy Post by: Luno on October 07, 2013, 02:29:55 PM Liberace:
http://jonmwessel.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/liberace-the-official-liberace-website_750_767_80.jpg?w=600 Too easy! Title: Re: Liberty vs Liberacy Post by: RoadToHell on October 07, 2013, 03:57:42 PM Liberace: That is SO WIERD! Because that is the very image that comes to mind when I think of "police and military protection."http://jonmwessel.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/liberace-the-official-liberace-website_750_767_80.jpg?w=600 Too easy! Title: Re: Liberty vs Liberacy Post by: gadman2 on October 07, 2013, 04:01:57 PM I was going on towards more of the latin roots of the word
Liber- free acy- state, condition, quality |
