Liberating the inhibitors

Can obeying the Ten Commandments actually be freeing?

We recently had our gas central heating serviced. The serviceman said it needed "inhibitors" to protect us by preventing corrosion.

The use of the word "inhibitor" as something positive took me by surprise; I'm used to thinking of it as a negative term.

That set me thinking about some recent free speech issues where I felt that a little wise inhibition – or self-discipline – might have gone a long way to reducing tensions and might even enlarge the audience of those who would give these points thoughtful consideration.  Continue...