Article March 12, 1966 Issue

Real Freedom versus Phony Freedom

[Of Special Interest to Young Men and Women]

AYLESA FORSEE

I want to live my own life." "What's wrong with doing as I please?" "Why should I follow rules set up by a bunch of old fogies who don't know what young-people are like today?"

Signs of revolt may be seen or heard every day in homes, high school corridors, and at social gatherings. Almost everyone will at times feel cramped by regulations imposed by parents, officials of school, court, or church. The desire for freedom is a natural one, a right one. But there is a difference between real freedom and phony freedom.

Many young persons equate freedom with the absence of rules. Regulations often seem to be adults' conspiracies to deprive adolescents of having fun. But do rules really mean loss of freedom or of fun? Players and spectators at a football, basketball, or hockey game may be disappointed when a penalty is imposed on their team for violation of a rule, but no one would argue that rules deny the players their freedom. On the contrary, they make the game possible.

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