Although it would be ideal if we could all enjoy the same freedoms and simultaneously get along, I'm just not sure if it's ever going to work that way. There are some universal freedoms we could probably all agree upon, but there are too many circumstances where affording a certain group of people a certain freedom only results in oppression for some other group. For instance: Noise-pollution. If you live in an area where you and your neighbors are literally 5 ft. apart, this becomes a serious quality-of-life issue. If one of your neighbors decides they want to blast music at 120 dB for all hours of the day, should you have to flee your home just to respect their freedom to play obnoxiously loud music? I guess you're screwed if you need to rest during that time, have to study, meditate, care for a small child, etc.
You'd think it wouldn't be that big of a deal to require that a person use headphones, or go to some remote / enclosed area where they could blast music to their heart's content, but I'm sure someone is going to cry that it's unfair.
... but, where do we draw the line with this? Should we remove other freedoms because many / most people cannot tolerate them? How am I entitled to say that certain rights need to be made available to certain people, when I simultaneously want to strip certain rights from others? I don't want to side with the tyranny of the majority, for that matter. There are certain rights that the majority would possibly take away from me based on their own prejudices, and inability to tolerate some way of life that I lead.
An individual just can't be happy in a society full of other individuals...
You'd think it wouldn't be that big of a deal to require that a person use headphones, or go to some remote / enclosed area where they could blast music to their heart's content, but I'm sure someone is going to cry that it's unfair.
... but, where do we draw the line with this? Should we remove other freedoms because many / most people cannot tolerate them? How am I entitled to say that certain rights need to be made available to certain people, when I simultaneously want to strip certain rights from others? I don't want to side with the tyranny of the majority, for that matter. There are certain rights that the majority would possibly take away from me based on their own prejudices, and inability to tolerate some way of life that I lead.
An individual just can't be happy in a society full of other individuals...