As long as we don't harm anyone

There's this adage we as a society have adopted and like to remind each other in many moral discussions: People can do what they want as long as they don't harm anyone. On its surface, it sounds like a sensible point, but I've lately been getting a wrong feeling about it. With your indulgence (or without it, as I write what I want in my blog) I would like to explore this feeling in some depth…