I'm always fascinated by sentiments given by people living in the self-declared land of freedom of the form: > Cops don't [...]. But [govt agency] can do whate

I'm always fascinated by sentiments given by people living in the self-declared land of freedom of the form: > Cops don't [...]. But [govt agency] can do whatever they want. It seems to me as-if there aren't many real freedoms beyond the first one.