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OnyxCougar · 03-11-2004, 10:12 AM

I suppose you're right. I live in a country that is supposed to be the last bastion of freedom, that espouses freedom as this wonderful thing, and to which millions of immigrants come to every year.

And I can't get temp tags for my car.

I've lived in other countries. (All European, in case you were wondering.) And I must say, I was glad to get home. But not because of the freedoms, but the conveniences.

In Britain, shit costs alot of money. Petrol is like $12 a gallon, after conversion. (And you wondered why all the cars are the key-in-the-back wind up sized there. That's why.) Taxes are insane. (A tax on doorknobs? Are you joking?) TV tax. Have to pay about $150 to get 5 BROADCAST stations? What?

In Croatia, shit costs alot of money too, but no one has any, so everybody is poor. (I would love to live in Croatia and make American money. I would live like a queen. $1 = 7 kuna. You can get a 4 course meal for 30 kuna. Yeah. Rent for an apartment in Zagreb is $175 a month. I could get used to that.

No, I've never lived in a country that you have to be afraid of what you say, and you don't have the "freedom" to speak your mind. And I guess I take that for granted.

I suppose justme and Billy would have a different definition of "freedom" than I do, because we start from different points. I AM fortunate to live in the US, and I guess it really gets to me to see that this country is going downhill as quickly as it is. The very things it has stood for are being taken away by "Patriot Acts" and all the other things that are denying our people: the right to assemble and speak out against who we want, the right to a speedy trial (Guantanamo), and all the other covert shit that's going on.

Is a completely corrupt and hated government, a broken and tattered judicial system the price we have to pay for freedom?

~~take it, Radar...

03-11-2004, 10:12 AM	#37
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I suppose you're right. I live in a country that is supposed to be the last bastion of freedom, that espouses freedom as this wonderful thing, and to which millions of immigrants come to every year. And I can't get temp tags for my car. I've lived in other countries. (All European, in case you were wondering.) And I must say, I was glad to get home. But not because of the freedoms, but the conveniences. In Britain, shit costs alot of money. Petrol is like $12 a gallon, after conversion. (And you wondered why all the cars are the key-in-the-back wind up sized there. That's why.) Taxes are insane. (A tax on doorknobs? Are you joking?) TV tax. Have to pay about $150 to get 5 BROADCAST stations? What? In Croatia, shit costs alot of money too, but no one has any, so everybody is poor. (I would love to live in Croatia and make American money. I would live like a queen. $1 = 7 kuna. You can get a 4 course meal for 30 kuna. Yeah. Rent for an apartment in Zagreb is $175 a month. I could get used to that. No, I've never lived in a country that you have to be afraid of what you say, and you don't have the "freedom" to speak your mind. And I guess I take that for granted. I suppose justme and Billy would have a different definition of "freedom" than I do, because we start from different points. I AM fortunate to live in the US, and I guess it really gets to me to see that this country is going downhill as quickly as it is. The very things it has stood for are being taken away by "Patriot Acts" and all the other things that are denying our people: the right to assemble and speak out against who we want, the right to a speedy trial (Guantanamo), and all the other covert shit that's going on. Is a completely corrupt and hated government, a broken and tattered judicial system the price we have to pay for freedom? ~~take it, Radar...