He answers with a deft metaphor: It's not that he has no freedom, but "It's like carrying an old woman on your back. She won't tell you to go left or right, forward or backward, she won't give you any instructions at all, but carrying her, you can't go anywhere."
易智言有個很妙的比喻，他說不是不自由，「而是像背著一位老太太，她不會告訴你往左或往右，不會給你任何指示，但是，你哪裡也去不了。」