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   From: MartianMarineFJ@na.marsu.invalide   
      
   On 1.6.2022. 16:31, 25.BX945 wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I don't think Euros EVER "got" the idea of "free speech".   
   >>> Voltaire fell on deaf ears. The Official Line OR ELSE ...   
   >>> that's how they understand the world.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> lol. You probably really think that US is the best place to live (on   
   >> Earth) and cannot comprehend those who do not think so.   
   >   
   >   
   >   There was a time I might have agreed with you, but   
   >   given the striding totalitarianism I've been seeing   
   >   in the EU the past few years (and Covid has been only   
   >   a small part of that) I'm going to say that Freedom   
   >   Is Dead outside the USA now.   
   >   
   You are ... deadly wrong. Freedom start in your own head. Not anywhere   
   outside. As long as people have the idea of freedom they can endure   
   dictators and their oppression, even prison times and its criminal   
   environment. And eventually build a better place when the time is right.   
   In most countries, as primitive as they might be, people do not have to   
   wear Kevlar vest and worry if someone would shot them or their children   
   just because he or she had a bad day. And, if I have to say that, the   
   freedom is measured by amount of freedom you are willing to allow   
   others, not how successfully you impose your will over others. And   
   certainly not by being a better shooter then someone targeting you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)