Freedom! Raise your hand if you're sure. We all love freedom. We all love equality. Too bad you can't have both. A very basic freedom is the freedom to not care about the plight of others. Any and all "freedoms" can be traced back to this one. So you've got liberal anti-freedomeers: "Well, I think we should help the poor, so you have to." You've got conservative anti-freedomeers: "Allowing these unions trivializes the sanctity of marriage." You've even got libertarian anti-freedomeers: *spit*. So do keep in mind, when reading sprawling debates about outsourcing, or the environment, or Sproul plaza rennovations, that we are not free until we are free to not care. And if you're the type that does care, remember that having the option not to care makes caring all the more valuable. If caring is forced ("Service requirements are part of the curriculum, now!"), then it cheapens the whole concept. posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 3/08/2004 10:55:00 AM # Comments (0) . . .
