Did the early internet activists blow it?
Freedom is the right to be wrong.  If I am free as long as I only do it &quot;The Right Way&quot;, I&#x27;m not free.  People <i>need</i> to try different things, make mistakes, be foolish. Without that freedom, we become a(n at least metaphoric) theocracy.<p>Society&#x27;s disapproval cannot be incorporated into law in a free society.