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Sure, they are free to operate as they please. And people are free to dislike the way they operate.

• coldtea 7y ago
  Plus people are also free to want to change the law and make it non-free for them to operate as they please.
  • Koshkin 7y ago
    And there goes freedom.
    • bart_spoon 7y ago
      By this definition, any law destroys freedom. Every nation on the planet already operates on the premise that certain personal freedoms are regulated or restricted for the sake of societal harmony and progress. The "slippery slope" arguments either ignore the fact that we already make the same compromises all the time, or assumes all such compromise is wrong, which is a viewpoint that is so unrealistic or extreme that, at best, will never ever have support from more than a sliver of the population and will never be realized.
    • coldtea 7y ago
      Well, we also don't have the freedom to murder or steal (and numerous others besides, like letting our dog crap all over the street, employ child labor, even if "consensual", and so on) So there's that.
  • bubblewrap 7y ago
    Sure, people are free to want anything. Acting on their wants may be another thing.
    • Retra 7y ago
      Then they're not free to operate as they please.
      • bubblewrap 7y ago
        Oh dear - no, strictly speaking, they are not. Nobody is.