It was meant to be highlighting the contradictory nature of christianity, a notion that christians around the world love to endorse is that what seperates us from the animals is free will. True free will is just that, a world without morals, laws and justification, and no morals means u have lowered ureself to a beast, so there is no separation like Thompson said. The pain of being a man is thinking your are more important than what you are.
not a literal question, jus stating you can't truly be free if laws are enforced.