Madness string 113373

Random mermaid
In any society, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. There is a limit. If by exerting your own individual rights you are impinging on the right or health of others, then that freedom is not something owed to you. This is part of the social contract, the agreement that we all make, that by living in and benefiting from a society, we have to give up some of our individual freedoms. This can be a tough balance to strike, particularly in the realm of public health.
I know people are always concerned about whether it would be awkward to tell someone what moments like this mean to them. I never realized how incredibly not awkward it would be hear this sort of stuff until I got older and had a kid. If my kid's friend asked me to braid their hair and then thanked me because of something like this? I would never stop crying. I would also never stop hugging them. Which now that I think about it would probably make it awkward...