On 11-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

So Americans are free and everyone else is oppressed?

Pretty much.

Can you offer any proof?

Actually, I have. Have you? Can you cite the "gross abuses of freedom" you
claim the Patriot Act includes?

How about the ability of the President and his cronies being able to
declare anyone a threat and having them tossed into custody without
charge or access to legal representation?

Really? Cite me one single nation other than the US that is both democratic
and protects the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

Canada, Britain, Switzerland and many others allow their citizens to own
guns.

If you don't have a right to keep and bear arms, you are not, ipso facto,
free, you are a slave to your government because you do not have the
capacity to overthrow it should it become a tyranny.

And you think a bunch of disorganized, untrained citizens with glorified
pop guns can overthrow the US military? Yeah, right. That might have
been true two hundred years ago, but not today. You're going to need
some serious explosives too, and in most US states, explosives are
illegal to own or make.

Given that 30% of the US populace treats the president as royalty,
I rather doubt you could generate enough interest to overthrow the
feds.

Mike