Americans who hate their country, hate it with the naive ferocity of those who have no idea how the rest of the world operates. Having lived in a socialist monarchy, under a military dictatorship, in a tropical paradise, and in a democracy, I have a different view of America. The hope my father had, when he brought us here (legally) was of America as the land of promise. "In America anyone can be anything they want to be" was his understanding. He came here with $400 in his pocket and the promise of a job. And because what he believed is true, he found what he was looking for.
I grant that the American government is not perfect, and may be far from what the founding fathers had in mind, but it still has a foundation of freedom, whereby Nick can declare his "rights to personal property" - right out loud - with very little actual threat that anyone will come in and take it away from him - and plenty of recourse if anyone did. "Rights to personal property", and "individual rights", are not something commonly recognized world wide. The rest of the world sees Americans, in general, as greedy, spoiled children. "I have my rights, sir, and I'm telling you, I intend to go on doing just what I do!" (the Onceler to the Lorax, Dr. Seuss) Lu Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
