[Cacophonous]

You're making my point. There culture doesn't allow the freedoms we have. They have no concept of it. The idea is an abstraction. Therefore, the idea that hate us over something they not only do not have, but that they do not understand, is silly.

I may have been a little overly critical, though.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Freedom is given by God. Every human being knows what freedom is. It is not an abstraction, it is a universal truth. Other countries may supress it, but this does not mean that the people do not die trying to find it for themselves.

[MJY1288]

"We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions -- by abandoning every value except the will to power -- they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies." George W. Bush Sept. 20th, 2001

Was the President describing the Democrats in this quote ?

:-)

[Aggie Mama]

I think the founders of our country would disagree with you.

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident..."
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness = FREEDOM.

I guess it all depends upon how you view the human soul. Does the soul or human spirit desire Freedom? I would say, yes.