If only we were free enough to defecate when we feel the need to, regardless of where we are!!!
Can we? Really?
The fact that we don't is a part of social conditioning. I also can't say that it is the difference between us and animals because there are areas without toilets, where bilharzia and cholera spread quickly, where information about the connection between safe disposal of waste and disease is not well known.
Knowing is key. If you know, then you shouldn't. If you know, and you still do, that's not being free. It is being reckless. It is shirking your responsibility not just to yourself but to the greater community.
That's the irony about freedom. The greater the freedom, the greater the responsibility. Freedom's about being free to choose, knowing this and despite of this - actually, because of it - choosing responsibly.
Good points! It's too bad we can also socially conditioned not to care, or to think everything exists for us individuals. It is difficult to rise out of that one, especially when not caring is compartmentalized. That's why I think its difficult to judge fairly when we disagree with someone's action.