[WildTurkey]

I have friends from other countries, a few have settled here, and without fail, they remark "You Americans think you are free. Maybe once you were, but now, you live in a police state that rivals that of East Germany."

My wifes says that Americans who make stupid comments like that have never lived in a police state and are woefully ignorant of how much freedom we have and in most cases totally inadequate in the taking of their responsibilities.

[Dead Corpse]

I lived in Japan for two years.

My dads brother was born in East Germany. My dad in post WWII Ukraine.

Yes. We are becoming a police state.