Ttbn: It means liberty is constraint. That's what it means, as any fool with half a brain can see!

But to explain just for you. Freedom and liberty are paid for by ordinary law aiding folk observing those rules (constraint) which protect our personal freedom and indeed, do not impinge on the rights of others!
Alan B.

Alan,

I get it; you understand because you have the half a brain necessary. It's a pity that you don't have a full brain, because your 'explanation' is rubbish; means nothing. I'm not holding my breath waiting for Jamo to explain what it means either.

I'm afraid humans are redundant: Superseded by AI, the technological plague.

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-time-david-attenborough-said-humans-are-a-plague

Dan

ttbn, I agree, the term "expert" just like "gay" seems to mean something very different to what it used to.

Oh, and the author seemed to be lamenting the proletariats pesky desire for liberty impeding the "experts" grand works. Not at all Orwellian.

Hey diver dan,
'David Attenborough said human beings are a plague'

Prince Philip once said "If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels."

Both have been awarded the Order of Merit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit

"All citizens of the Commonwealth realms are eligible for appointment to the Order of Merit. There may be, however, only 24 living individuals in the order at any given time, not including honorary appointees, and new members are personally selected by the reigning monarch of the realms, currently Queen Elizabeth II, with the assistance of her private secretaries; the order has thus been described as "quite possibly, the most prestigious honour one can receive on planet Earth."

It's funny how the world works, if you say humans are a plague or insinuate that a virus should decimate the worlds inhabitants, you're in the running to receive the highest awards on planet earth.
- These two are probably having drinks and celebrating COVID-19, along with the others in their little private club.

Jamo,

Yes. So many words are misused these days. Once, people called other people of special merit 'experts'; now average people call THEMSELVES experts mere!y for doing a job they were trained to do, often very inexpertly. Just turning up in their workplace makes them 'experts'.

I wonder if people are aware that the federal Chief Medical Officer has NO expertise in virology. I'm pretty sure his state equivalents are just as ignorant. Yet, they are calling the tune and giving advice to politicians. There are two genuine experts in the field. One is retired, the other is still working; both stuck to working at their 'trade' and were never tempted by the lure of a cushy public service sinecure. Both have been interviewed by more responsible journalist and have given advice contrary to the 'experts', but not once have they been me mentioned or consulted by the PM.