自由的客觀標準只有一個，就是只解釋這種理念本身的原型（Prototype），嚴格來說這跟冰封在雪櫃低溫格內的安格斯牛排區別不太大。「自由」產生意義往往在於是否能夠跟人類行為發生關系的應用層面上。

有機體都是憑「本位主義（Sectionalism）」這種本能來繁衍和延續，非洲大草原的獅子並非嗜殺而只是為了自身的存活和繁衍，「萬獸之王」的人類當然更上一層樓，「本位主義」的生理本能縱然不能擺脫，然而進化的腦袋卻可以不斷去提升這種本能，使這種本能符合及銳化本位以「掠奪」更佳的利益。

不同個體或「部落」代表著不同的本位立場，因此「自由」在不同的個體或群體裡往往有著不同的詮釋，關鍵在於彼此的價值觀念和利害的異同，其實歸根究底這都是彼此的「本位主義」空間能佔多大與及能如何妥協重叠的問題。正如鍾‧貝茜（Joan Baez）的“With God On Our Side（上帝在我這邊）”的歌詞那樣：

"With God On Our Side"

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And the land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
Are us to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.

Well the First World War, boys
It came and it went
And The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
And Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

And Second World War
It Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And called them our friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
Now The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

For I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
(And) it fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

For many dark hours
I thought about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

And now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
They fall to the floor
As God is on our side
He'll stop the next war.

鍾的歌詞雖未能道盡美國的歷史（這只是詩歌），然而亦唱出了美國的「本位主義」那種虛偽和欺騙性。然而只要我們能明白「本位主義」的存在現實和被騙不了的話，這種虛偽何嘗不是自然得可以？而且「藝術造詣」不亦具相當的觀賞性？

- 待續 -