[Leifur]

Of course it could not be called Americanism or anything like that. But as a resurrection of National Patriotism (of that respected country) the lesson of America, both of what we lost and what we need to take up fresh, is a lesson we must learn.

But as many here have said, the fight is in many ways the same in the US, you just have more freedom to fight back as you can elect more of your officials and influence the political process in more ways than we. You can even elect your own judges, weather directly or through the various officialities.

Here we are lost in a notion of judges beeing able to be impartial and professional (and in that almost superhuman), wich is only another way of saying they will follow the current road.

Ps. Sorry all for my english, I often lack the words best describing what I am trying to say.

[Tribune7]

One of the saving graces of America is the lack of a state church. Nobody likes to be told what to do -- and that is something that is required of even the mildest government.

When the church is seen as the brake on power of the state it is much more vibrant.