P&C drink and review a Baltic Porter, then discuss freedom.
The hippies grooved on freedom, but Janis Joplin called it merely "another word for nothing left to lose."
Casting off restraints can cause very potent, positive emotions. Like the first time you could drive your own car.
But unrestrained freedom is not a good thing. We love freedom, but we put clear limits on it. You can't yell fire in a crowded theater, you can't commit treason, and you can't incite violence. Also, there's a tension between freedom and safety, and between freedom and order. We're okay with seatbelt laws, for example, and rules in the courthouse. So "free" in the context of human society can't mean completely unconstrained.
What is it then? What are the limits?
