Liberating

Like when you realise that freedom cuts both ways.

Like when you realise that you don't have to accept the GPL if you don't want to.

Like when you find that you can make up your own rules.

Like when you find that there are rules to follow.

Like when they stop injecting things into your brain and give it back to you.

Like when it occurs to you that you don't have to do whatever it is that you've been procrastinatingly avoiding.

Like when you get sacked!

Like when you take the clamp off your heart and let it break.

Like when it occurs to you that your MP is there to represent you!

Like when you realise that they only have power within their borders - so you will be safe from them if you go beyond them.

Like when you get your own room.

Like when the choices have been made for you, so you don't have to.

Like when the Anglo-Saxon Wars were revealed.

Like when there is no option.

Like when you get your first car.

Like when you find that the person you can't stop 'being in love with' has already found someone else.

Like when it occurs to you that spreading butter on your bread isn't mandatory.

Like when it's too late to do anything about it.

I feel free.

I am free.

Like when you discover that you don't have to belong to a party to participate in politics.

Like when you discover that freedom is something we're stuck with.

Like when you discover philosophy.