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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-06-22, Page 8Page Wirgham Advance-`l urtes, Thur day,June .22,, 1967 w mut Vim W .0. Julte Adams fold Pet. Zurbrigg, members of the tennis work out on the court. SCHOOL PAGE EDITOR; Lynda Reavie PHOTOGRAPHER; Kerry Stvckey ...MMMMMOMMM.MMM 44 M .. M.MM .... M ..... 44444444 M.M.M.MMI tttt .M. iiiiiiiiii iiiii M. What if I weren't Canadian? By Sandra Book, 11E Last summer I bad the ex- perience of travelling across Canada. I think I learned a great deal about Canada and Canadians. To me this land represents freedom -- freedom to speak and do as we please. It is a vast ocean of opportunity, where every young Canadian has a chance to grow up and become whatever he wants. It is a great, proud, beautiful na- tion, with a strong feeling of nationalism. But this has all been said many times, and in many ways. think there is also another meaning; hidden behind the "pretty" pictures in magazines, and explanations of the real meaning of Canada. For a young person like me, Canada holds before me a pros- perous and inviting future. I have all the benefits of educa- tion, good food, and a happy home. Basically I live in a developed and emerging na- Lion -- with a very bright fu- ture, But what would it be like if we did not have all this! What if we did not have food, schools, money, a home -- or even enough water to drink! There are people who live like this. In simple terms they are -- the poor. To over half of the inhabitants of this world, an income of $890 a year, is a dream they will probably never realize. This is a far cry from what the average Canadian makes in a year. What does it mean to say that a family can live on $300 a year? Well, it is like this. Each member of the family would have one old suit of clothes. A pair of shoes would go to the head of the family only. Instead of a house they would live in a hut made of old boards and grass. There is no bed, chairs, table or a tele- vison set. 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Others, though, were more apprecia- tive of the fights of the negroes and so fought to advance their cause. When the war was over the negroes were given freedom and equality in writing. Today the writing on a sign in front of a public building beside the "No dogs allowed" sign reads "Negroes please do not patron- ize". Those who fought against the negroes are still fighting to keep them out of their schools and churches, and other public buildings. They do not want them in competitive businesses or in politics as their equals. In fact the negroes are still slaves in the eyes of most white Amer. icans, because the only field in which negroes are appreciated and allowed to enter is that of sports and entertainment where they perform for their white masters whose opinions control their destinies. Those, whose forefathers ap- preciated the negroes' right to freedom and equality, now on- ly tolerate their situation, They must, because of their fore- fathers' stand, continue work- ing to advance the negroes plight in the democratic socie- ty, but this has become a bur- den to them; one that they would readily shake off if it were possible. The idea seems to be that the negro is much too inferior a being to share in the freedom for which so many white men died. But this same freedom was not so expensive that it could not be shared with other white races of people coming to America to be free. So the frontier expanded and freedom spread from sea to sea across the continent. But, as in the instance with the negroes, some- one had to pay so that more white people could be free. 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It didn't seem to matter this time that these people had white skin or that it was their strong-armed rulers who created the threat to free- dom. Nor did it matter that the German people wanted peace just as much as the rest of the world. The Americans demanded and got satisfaction. The United States was a power- ful nation now, free to do as she wished. The cause of free- dom had now become an obses- sion to the American leaders, and no price was too great to pay for freedom and democracy to reign. How then did anyone dare challenge the powerful American freedom? The communist world sup- ported an idea entirely adverse to that of freedom. The Unit- ed States had no other choice but to take up arms to protect the cause of freedom. Ameri- can troops rushed to the aid of the Vietnamese people so that they might remain free. In the United States draft boards work- ed overtime to supply the Am- erican forces with men to re- place those hundreds being kill- ed every day. An American negro boy call- ed before the draft committee refused to go to war for Viet Nam's freedom. He saw no sense in dying for the freedom of an unfamiliar race of people in a country thousands of miles away when his own race was be- ing denied this same freedom in America, the country that fought for and sacrificed human lives for world freedom. This young negro received a six to ten year prison sentence be- cause of his beliefs. Other boys negro and white, who were of the same opinion, joined him in prison cells. Is the freedom for which the American revolutionaries fought And died, then based their country's constitution on, the same freedom that gives white Americans the right to abuse coloured peoples, to judge an innocent race of people, and to condemn a fellow citizen on the basis of his beliefs? I do not believe they are the same "freedotri" at all. Somewhere along the line, over the years, the meaning of freedom chang- ed a great deal. Today free men in free democratic coun- tries are allowed to do what , ever they please as long as they do not threaten the state. Yes,. terday, their forefathers not on- ly made the state, but they Were the state, That is freedom! That is the true meaning. of "liberty or death!". But just to have a knowledge of this definition of freedom Is riot enough; it must be experienced first hand. And the sooner everybody realizes this,- the better. It is tithe We all stopped mutilating our Own freedom and abusing and JOHN SCOTT ing the freedom of our fellow man. If we are willing to die for liberty, shouldn't we then stop cheating ourselves and ap- preciate the real, true values of freedom that makes us a free people? 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Well, they can scav- enge--, When we are told that "half the inhabitants of the world live on less than $300 a year" this is what the figures mean, Can we people in Canada turn our backs on the problem, and pretend it exists somewhere else? KENWOOD ALL WOOL BLANKETS 60 x 84 $13.95 72 x 84 $15.95 and $18.95 Luxurious MOHAIR THROWS $23.98 What can we do to help? To me, the underdeveloped na+ tions should increase their stand and of living to meet ours in North America, But this is not as easy as it sounds, Some of our wealth would have to go to help with industry and economy in the poorer lands of Africa, Asia and Latin America, Why don't we do it? very, one brags of our great, proud, beautiful, rich country, not caring to know why people die at our feet from lack of food and shelter, You may argue - "what about the missionaries that we send to the underdeveloped na- tions?" And I answer back "what are a few miserable mis- sionaries to the millions of sick and dying!" We might as well face it. The people of Canada are sel- fish. As long as our own stom- ach is full, who cares about the next guy. We could help. Maybe some day all the inhabitants of the world will live on an equal scale, But all I can say for now is; "I am grateful that I am 'A Canadian'. LINEN is the leading choice for wedding or shower gifts and our fresh new stock is most attractive. Bridge Sets — $3.98 Place Mat Sets 8 pieces $3.98 and $4.98 ESMOND TYPE BLANKETS Plain or Floral $4.98 to $7.98 CHENILLE SPREADS $9.95 - $12.95 - $14.95 You'll find many more de- lightful gifts suitable for all occasions — Do come in and see our lovely selection. "Give me liberty, or give me death!". Few people in our democratic societies have not heard or perhaps even quot- ed these famous lines. But I am also quite convinced that an even fewer number of those who are familiar with this quo- tation, or ought to be, have the slightest notion of what lib- erty or freedom really is. Free- dom that men died for when those words were spoken and the same freedom that men are dying for today is constantly being abused and denied. A few hundred years ago, at the time of the American Re- volution, a man gave a pep- talk to his small band of revol- utionaries. He told them that there would be fighting and killing, and that perhaps some of them would die in the ensu- ing encounter with the British soldiers. There would be no glory in the battle, even if they were victorious, because war never was a glorious thing. There would be no pay for risk- ing their lives, no real mater- ial reward. Why then did these men stay on, fight and even die? Why? Because their cause, their reward was worth it to them. They wanted to be free. Free to buy what they wanted, from whom they wanted, at their own prices. Free to speak their own opinions. Free to fol- low their own religions. Free to make their own laws and choose their own government. 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