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To: Machaon who wrote (8198)	7/7/2000 11:40:19 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 9127

I would hope that they are not teaching your concept of freedom in schools. And I would hope they're teaching analytic rigor in schools. Karen

To: Machaon who wrote (8198)	7/7/2000 2:01:37 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

The word "free" has a quite broad semantic palette associated with it. "The free world" and "political freedom" are only colors on that palette. They need to coexist with "Free&Easy", "70% fat free", "free verse", "free of moral constraints" and a wide variety of other meanings ranging from the inspiring to the crushingly mundane. In the more civic-oriented formulation "freedom", we still need to remember that there are two different ways to use the word: "freedom from" some presumably oppressive influence - and "freedom to" engage in some presumably salubrious activity. Often the freedoms from and to exist in a state of conflict, and this makes for fascinating political rhetoric.