Two Headlines

Earlier today I noticed two consecutive headlines on Yahoo! News:

• Using the Internet makes us happier, study finds (Time.com)
• U.S. rights group sues to protect right to swear (Reuters)

For some reason or another these two seemed like appropriate together. I'm probably stretching things past the breaking point, but perhaps happiness does come from freedom and, historically, the Internet has been about freedom, especially freedom of expression. I'm not sure how the happiness happens, but it seems to.

Meanwhile, police are giving tickets somewhere or another for breaking a law about swearing in public.

Freedom is strange.