Why is America better then England at freedom

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What do you mean by freedom?
The freedom to carry weapons?
The freedom to drink at 21?

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F E Smith, later Lord Birkenhead and one of England's most eminent jurists, was crossing the Atlantic on a liner. As they pulled into New York Harbour, a fellow traveller pointed out the Statue of Liberty. "In England, we too have statues to our fallen heroes" quipped F E.

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Maybe it is?

Maybe it isn't?

You may notice that American men have a strange trait of wearing short sleeved shirts with their suits, particularly inn suummer. This, of ocurse, is not acceptable behaviour in England.

The reason for their peculiar habit? The constitutional right to bare arms (and propensity for misspelling)

America? Free? Yeah.. that's why you need to get finger-printed just to get in there.

Bear arms

The non existence of software patents in the EU is a big freedom that we have that you don't.

"Why is America better then England at freedom"

Or put another way, why are the English better at English than Americans?

Watched that dude's movie about American healthcare Chris?
I think I'll stick with the NHS or Medicare.

There isn't really any difference, both have the same amount of freedom ....it's just that the yanks express their joy of freedom with lots of "whooping", "yeehah's" and "High-5's" whereas we Brits tend to go for the more understated pat on the back and a friendly "good show old chap"

The non existence of software patents in the EU is a big freedom that we have that you don't.

Eh? You can patent software in the EU. It's a bit more difficult in the UK but the Law Lords recently over-ruled a decision made by the UK patent office which should see UK patent policy being brought in line with the rest of Europe;

http://www.out-law.com/page-9498

George Bernard Shaw once said "Whenever I look across the Atlantic to observe the American Eagle, all i perceive is the rear end of an ostrich."

The US is practically a police state compared to even hard line countries like China and North Korea.

Only Russia comes close to the breathless rate at which the US removes freedom and liberty from it's citizens, and the rate at which the US drags it's citizens off the prison is only accelerating.

By almost all indicators the US is one of the least free countries in the world.

Johnny Rotten said "All cowboys are faggots and if you give us the chance we will destroy America."

...cos we have allowed you in our country. Therefore... UK FAIL!

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Eh? You can patent software in the EU. It's a bit more difficult in the UK but the Law Lords recently over-ruled a decision made by the UK patent office which should see UK patent policy being brought in line with the rest of Europe;

http://www.out-law.com/page-9498

Dam! Still the EU is not as bad as the US for patenting thought patterns.

The US is practically a police state compared to even hard line countries like China and North Korea.

Only Russia comes close to the breathless rate at which the US removes freedom and liberty from it's citizens, and the rate at which the US drags it's citizens off the prison is only accelerating.

By almost all indicators the US is one of the least free countries in the world.

but I think we are more closely monitored as a general population than the US.

Ha!

Americans are free to believe that they are free! However their educational system does not give them the tools to realise that they are not.

Americans are free to believe that they are free! However their educational sytem does not give them the tools to realise that they are not.

agreed.

The US is practically a police state compared to even hard line countries like China and North Korea.

Only Russia comes close to the breathless rate at which the US removes freedom and liberty from it's citizens, and the rate at which the US drags it's citizens off the prison is only accelerating.

By almost all indicators the US is one of the least free countries in the world.

Tynan your hatred of our god given freedom worries me, and I have repored you as a communist.