Webster's
dictionary
has
eighteen
separate
meanings
for
the
word
"free",
and
then
spends
another
entire
page
sorting
through
the
meanings
of
various
derivatives.
For
our
purposes,
we
shall
use
the
following
definition.
Webster
-"Free"-
not
subject
to
the
control
or
domination
of
another.
Freedom
carries
with
it
certain
responsiblities
to
not
control
or
dominate
others.
It
is
not
possible
to
have
a
free
society
without
acceptingthe
responsiblities
that
go
with
it.
Most
of
us
don't
like
that.
We
want
our
way.
As
individuals
or
as
a
society
,
we
equate
many
concepts
with
freedom;
rights,
equality,
majority
rule,
democracy,
one
man,
one
vote.
Do
not
equate
democracy
and
freedom,
they
are
two
different
things.
Democracy
is
only
man's
latest
attempt,
after
thousands
of
years
of
failure,
to
establish
freedom.
There
is
nothing
to
say
that
PERCEPTIONS
OF
FREEDOM
we
have
succeeded.
It
is
a
system
of
"majority
rule".
If
the
majority
rule,
then
the
minority
are
ruled,
they
are
not
free.
Furthermore,
there
is
an
old
stock
market
adage,
"The
majority
are
always
wrong."
Perhaps
that
applies
to
our
government
structure
also.
Some
years
back,
Quebec
politicians
passed
legislation
commonly
referred
to
as
their
language
laws.
These
laws
were
cheered
by
some
and
booed
by
others,
and
eventually
were
ruled
unconstitutional
by
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada.
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politicians
ipM
of
the
province
of
Quebec,
decided
to
exercise
their
right
to
veto
and
continue
to
enforce
these
laws.
These
laws
are
discriminatory.
This
country
has
already
suffered
through
a
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You
would
think
we
would
be
more
aware
of
the
value
of
freedom.
The
difference
between
the
South
African
laws
of
apartheid
and
the
Quebec
language
laws
is
only
a
difference
of
degree.
No
amount
of
reasoning,
or
political
bargaining
can
sanctify
this
kind
of
legislation
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in
a
truly
"free"
society.
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term
we
bandy
about
loosely
associated
with
freedom
is
the
word
"right".
We
talk
about
aboriginal
rights,
but
no
one
ever
refers
to
their
responsibilities.
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think
because
we
are
free,
that
we
have
rights.
If
we
do
not
accept
the
responsibility
of
freedom,
why
should
we
have
any
rights?
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we
say
that
one
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rights
that
another
person
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has
not,
is
that
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Are
the
people
that
are
unequal
free?
Is
the
Quebec
anglophone
community
free
if
they
cannot
advertise
in
English
or
any
other
language
for
that
matter?
Are
native
Indians
free
if
the
governmental
system
has
relegated
them
to
a
life
of
poverty
and
rigid
control
in
order
to
maintain
their
status?
If
native
Indians
receive
aboriginal
rights
and
you
can
never
have
aboriginal
rights,
are
you
equal?
Two
hundred
years
from
now,
will
your
descendants
think
of
themselves
as
free
and
equal
if
a
certain
race
has
rights
that
they
don't
have?
Perhaps
a
better
word
to
use
would
be
"privilege".
The
truth
is,
we
do
not
believe
in
freedom,
we
believe
in
our
personal
concepts
of
what
freedom
is
and
each
of
us
has
a
totally
different
perception.
Therefore
we
elect
politicians
who,
in
theory,
agree
with
us,
and
will
pass
laws
that
are
tolerable
to
ourselves
and
hopefully
force
our
beliefs
onto
others.
The
paradox
of
freedom
is:
THE
MORE
LAWS
YOU
HAVE,
THE
LESS
FREE
YOU
ARE.
We
think
that
mankind
is
in
control
of
the
world
but
the
reality
is
that
we
are
only
manipulating
the
world.
We
want
to
believe
that
someone
"knows"
the
answer
for
all
our
societal
problems
and
so
we
place
people
in
charge
who
tell
us
that
they
"know"
the
answers.
The
difference
between
knowledge
and
wisdom
is
the
difference
between
knowing,
and
knowing
you
don't
know.
No
one
is
really
in
control
or
could
possibly
"know"
how
to
control
the
world.
We
think
we
"know"
a
solution
to
a
problem
and
twenty,
fifty,
or
a
hundred
years
later
we
find
out
we
were
wrong
and
end
up
with
a
bigger
problem.
I
wonder
if
we
deserve
to
be
free.
Freedom
to
a
good
percentage
of
the
population
seems
to
mean
you
can
do
anything
you
want
with
complete
disregard
for
your
neighbour.
The
most
precious
thing
we
have
in
our
society
are
individuals.
The
strongest
community
you
can
have
is
a
group
of
individuals.
The
survival
of
democracy
and
the
survival
of
Canada
as
we
know
it
is
completely
dependent
on
our
politicians
ability
to
control
our
social
structure
without
jeopardizing
the
freedom
of
the
individual.
When
individuals
believe
that
they
are
no
longer
free,
democracy
or
not,
they
will
destroy
the
system.
Perceptions
of
Power
The
purpose
of
these
articles
is
to
create
a
dialogue
on
a
variety
of
issues.
The
first
appeared
in
the
last
issue
under
the
title
of
"Perceptions
of
Abuse".
This
weeks
article
is
about
freedom.
When
I
first
started
to
write
them,
I
had
visions
of
a
scries
of
exposes
of
truth
and
realities,
each
one
with
its
own
subject.
The
more
I
wi
we,
the
more
interrelated
everything
seemed.
The
more
I
tried
to
organize,
the
more
convoluted
it
became.
Because
of
these
interrelationships,
I
decided
to
merge
the
contents
into
one
long
rambling
mix
of
thoughts
under
the
title
you
see
above.
The
essays
always
seem
to
return
to
the
same
subject,
the
manipulation
of
power
by
one
person
or
group
over
another.
There
is
nothing
to
say
that
these
articles
are
the
final
word
on
the
subject
addressed.
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you
agree
or
disagree
with
comments
made,
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