[george wythe]

I still maintain that the word FREE is a SUPERLATIVE and there is no way to be freeER, you can only be MORE or LESS repressed

OK, good point.

I'm glad to know that other countries are becoming less repressed than the US in the economic sphere. I might visit Estonia next summer, just to see the great transformation from Marxist pre-planned economy to free-wheeling capitalism. I'm sure most Estonians have strong opinions about this change.

[RipSawyer]

I am NOT glad to know that other countries are becoming less repressed than the US! I wish the US were becoming less repressed instead of ever more so. I wish that young people were taught the unimaginable sacrifice that our founders were willing to make to breathe free air. I wish that there were a lot fewer people who expect a government solution to every problem. I wish I weren't such a GRUMPY OLD MAN ; 0 (