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to: Richard Hong
from: Bill Lucy
date: 2000-05-11 22:34:46
subject: Re: Freedom and totalitarianism

From: Bill Lucy 

In article <391b5950{at}w3.nls.net>, richhong{at}hawksci.com says...
> >> I would like to believe that there is justice toward black
people. I see
> a lot of it.
>
> Bill,
>
> I agree.  But there is *less* justice for black people than for white
> people.  I think it's hard to argue against that.  And within a society,
> does having one group systematically have less justice than another group
> mean that they are not free (within the context of the society)?

I don't actually believe that "less justice" == "less
freedom". The concepts may be intertwined, but I don't think it's a
Gordian knot. One can find freedom in injustice, and justice in
totalitarianism.

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