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¿Question #5019?
consolewa: If you believe in freedom why do you keep your bird locked up in a cage?

Woelf: I don't have a bird. The cats would dispose of it quickly.
EKRameijer: don't lock birds in a cage, birds need to fly
Arboretum: Now that's the thing, I don't. Instead, I have a bird friendly garden.
pricero1: That puffin is on a couch, not in a cage, and by choice. That IS freedom.
ambridge78: Becasue I can
soiledshortz: If you believe in toilets, why do you let your dog poo in the yard?
xofour: hehehe i'll give you the bird.
Felimid: I don't. My girlfriend is free to come and go as she pleases.
beerbear: Man, listen alright? I know I need to work out you know I need to work out. Let’s just talk about something else.
jessitron: We only believe in freedom for people like us. Freedom to do what _we_ want to do, not those sick things you crave.
Solaris: is that a double sense?
ricardofo: I do not have birds in cages anymore
Hector Vortac: Wrong, sir, wrong! Invalid question! The only partial birds I own are in my refrigerator.
theredwagoneer: Hey, the cage is free to unlock itself any time it wants.
falloutfan: I don't 'em, I eat 'em.
baalrukh: Don't have a bird or a cage, just a small workplace
amadan: i don't have a bird. my mother does, though, and the poor thing is too dumb to exit the open cage. or, more likely, too comfortable. freedom is not for everyone, you know...
WonderLlama: I don't. (Keep any birds that is.)
mr. assist: to make his life miserable.
MotUfan: I don't have a bird. Nosy.
jannelle: I don't have a bird, I have a husband. But he's too big for a cage
POvidiusNaso: They get to come out.
Patticus: I don't have a bird
Brother Bart: I don't have any pets
Mike McCall: My own freedom, not free bird.
DHEK: I don't have a bird.
Blacknightjj: because even freedow has walls
aleo09: don't have a bird. but like the song Free Bird by skynard
diehard4life: Freedom without limits is anarchy.
e.c.r.: freedom has its limits - just read the patriot act
Mosse: I don't. My cats run free, go out when they choose, come in when they like. But when they're out, the birds WISH they were in a cage...
Grimwold: I don't have a bird locked up in a cage!
ZombyDawg: I have no bird.
bigbadsteve: i have a bird? do you know something that i dont?
jeremycobert: i ate the bird
vampywife: i don't have a bird
gr8lookinguy: because i am an asshole
Nekura: So it doesn't sing
FrozenHoHos: Then you come over and clean all the poop.
Shotmagnet: don't have a bird. shot him and ate him
djlg: I don't.
Chris Page: For the bar-b-que later this month.
Kazin: Actually, I don't keep any trapped birds.
brainrob: I don't - get your facts right
scriptorum: I don't own a bird.
confuse_a_cat: For his protection
_Kael_: She can walk out anytime she likes
Odat: I don't have a bird.
MDettmer81: My bird doesn't believe in freedom... darn fascist bird...
Loquutus: Much to my annoyance, my roommate lets his bird out during the day.
Barrow-Wight: I don't have a bird.
puffinge: would you really want to see that thing all the time?
DaGen: I dont keep a bird, only hamsters - Im hipocritical, I dont care about lower anmals freedom when they give me entertainment
Redneon: A man who believes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush hasn't had his bird in a bush lately.
erli: I have no birds. I do have 3 bettas that I've kept in bowls. I don't know if that is cruel but it's better than the alternative.
jellospike: Because it is a stupid bird.
ssmooth: If you believe in freedom for human beings, what are you going to do about it?
skelebone: I have no birds, but if I did, it would be for their own good. They weren't raised in the wild and probably could not fend for themselves.
jttm: I don't... unless you are referring to the one in my pants...
Lord_Prussian: Indeed
heli: let me guess: bird is a euphemism for the male appendage here, right? gives a whole new meaning to "free willy!" ;)
CortexBomb: There's a long explanation for this that I'm loathe to go into right now: but one can believe in the importance of freedom for humans (i.e.: self aware, rational animals) without necessarily believing that non-self-aware, non-rational animals need to be free to "enjoy" their lives to the fullest. A classic example is keeping fish in a bowl: fish have a very short memory span, something like 15 seconds. If you put them in a bowl, everything is consistently new to them anyway, because of the way their memory functions. This just highlights the fact that it's dangerous to anthropomorphize other animals too much. Some is healthy (i.e.: empathy, do not cause needless pain, etc.) but if taken too far it can lead to issues like you've outlined, which I personally don't feel should be issues.
chaddyboy_2000: So it doesn't get away.
CDRodeffer: I don't.