# The Freedom Ship

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freedom-ship/79300>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freedom-ship/79300 "2001-09-01T17:00:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freedom-ship/79300/1 "2001-09-01T17:00:33Z")

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Otherwise known as “The City At Sea”. Can such a thing work, or do y’all think it might be just a benign floating “gulag”? Here is the link: [http://www.cityatsea.com](http://www.cityatsea.com)

If this has come up before, sorry, but I couldn’t find it in a search and thought it would make for an interesting thread.

Thanks

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freedom-ship/79300/2 "2001-09-04T20:52:40Z")

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… and no one has an opinion?

Quasi