I Asked, What Is Freedom? He Said: Dogs are Freedom

This morning the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology called me (I was still asleep) and told me to delete a certain post (a really bad post, apparently only because it ranked fairly high in search engines). I did as I was told, so as not to get into trouble, but I still wasn’t happy about it, and so came the piece below.

Quite an honor, too: the first time I’ve been put on their radar.

Here’s a short piece

English:

I asked, what is freedom?

This place is not freedom

I said: freedom does not belong to this place

He said: We are freedom

You said: We do not need freedom

They said: Freedom is not belong to you

“They” said: dogs are freedom

I said: I am not a dog

He said: I am not a dog

You said: I wish I were a dog

They said: I am a dog, not human

“They” said: Dogs are not freedom

I said: I want my freedom

He said: I want your freedom

They said: We want our freedom

“They” said: Arrest them! Under house arrest them! Shoot them!

I said: I give up freedom

He said: I give up freedom

They said: we give up freedom

“They” said: I give dogs to freedom and will not give you to freedom

Finally, Dogs are freedom

 

Chinese:

I asked, what is freedom?

There is no freedom in this place

I said: freedom does not belong to this place

He said: we are free

You said: we don’t need freedom

They said: freedom does not belong to you

“They” said: freedom belongs to dogs

I said: I am not a dog

He said: I am not a dog either

You said: I wish I were a dog

They said: I’d rather be a dog than a human

“They” said: dogs have no right to freedom either

I said: I want my freedom

He said: I want your freedom

They said: we want our freedom

“They” said: arrest them, put them under house arrest, shoot them!

I said: I give up my right to freedom

He said: I give up my right to freedom too

They said: we give up our right to freedom

“They” said: I give dogs the right to freedom, and I will not give it to you

At last, the dogs had freedom

Note: I won’t say more, and I won’t explain. If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, I won’t explain. It’s pretty simple. The post is deleted, and yours truly has gone quiet. Who knows, one of these days I might end up just like what I wrote above… Friends leaving comments, watch what you say… the review period might not be over yet… A sad country… and I still have to stay here another two years… What a total tragedy…