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Entry: Gag Order Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/gag_order#29927 Post contents: <i>Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism and the equality of all religions, races and cultures requires the silencing of those who do not believe all races, creeds and cultures are equal. </i> A morose carryover from my 1970s flirtation with the aimless capers of hippiedom is a dose of background paranoia: What if multiculturalism isn’t a commitment to equality as much as an instrument to transform progressive, democratic – and <i>prosperous</i> – western societies into backward, oppressive economic sinkholes filled with people (<i>us</i>) willing to accept their own enslavement in exchange for grubby survival? And one key component of all slave states is censorship. Free speech and free thought are essentials to any system truly free, <i>and vice-versa. </i> Second thought… maybe it’s not paranoia. Maybe it’s lucid thinking – however rarely this blessing extends. That lucidity would be a reflection of the conservatism afforded by experience in the <i>real</i> world. One revelation over the years: In a social system with no backtalk, there’s little need for substantial trickle-down. The good stuff stays up. The bad stuff is an 800-lb. hammer… and gravity is <i>strong</i>. Sent at: 2008 12 01