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> Doesn't mean you are forbidden to say what you want. This confuses me. Saying someone is "free to do X" normally means that X is allowed by law. Or else wha
by concordDance 3y ago
> Doesn't mean you are forbidden to say what you want.
This confuses me.
Saying someone is "free to do X" normally means that X is allowed by law. Or else what could it possibly mean?
- try_the_bass 3y agoI don't see "free to do X" being exclusively "it's allowed by law". One is always free to do whatever one wants. Criminal law exists to punish those who abuse that freedom in ways their society has deemed to be harmful. That is to say "free to do X (under the law)" is a subset of "free to do X".
- concordDance 3y agoWhat does "free to do X" mean then? That you are physically able to do so?
- peoplefromibiza 3y agoit simply means that you are free to do it, but not overdo it because there are rules. it's the basis of every modern society. many things allowed by the law are not really "free". police forces are allowed to use weapons, that doesn't mean they can shoot randomly whenever they feel like it.