> "Isn't allowing any kind of behavior the default in free societies?" > No? Err, are you living in a (relatively) free society? My country has this principle

> "Isn't allowing any kind of behavior the default in free societies?" > No? Err, are you living in a (relatively) free society? My country has this principle written in the constitution: people can do anything the law does not prohibit whereas the government can only do what the law expressly permits it to do. I would think that's the standard in democracies.