[hedgetrimmer]

IF indeed *you* aren't free, please explain what *you* are forbidden to do or say.

Ride a bicycle or motorcycle without a helmet?
Build a house on a piece of property that has red legged frogs?
Burn my old newspapers in a burn barrel?
Plow my land without getting a permit first?
Use a pesticide on my farm without a permit?
Cut down a tree on my property for profit without a permit?
Fish anywhere without a permit?
Smoke in a public area?
Build anything without going before the "soviet style " planning department for the county?

[Southack]

Having to get a permit doesn't ban or prohibit you from doing anything.

So you want to ride your bicycle without a helmet? Fine, just do so on your own private property instead of on public roads, and don't come crying to me about having my insurance pay for your folly, either.

You want to till your soil without a permit? Gardeners do that every day here in Alabama, but again, having to get a permit doesn't stop you from doing anything.

It's like having to get a license to fly passengers on airlines. Everyone is free to become a pilot and fly as much as they want, but they still have to follow established, civilized procedures.

Likewise, you can still drive on public roads, but you *will* do so by staying on the right side. Go anywhere you want, but don't claim that you aren't free simply because you aren't allowed to drive the wrong way down a one way street into oncoming traffic.